Hood v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Hood appeals his conviction of the offenses of unauthorized possession of a weapon by an inmate (OCGA § 42-5-63) and terroristic threats. Held:

1. Defendant’s first enumeration of error raises the sufficiency of the evidence. The State’s evidence shows that on July 24, 1988, defendant Hood was an inmate at the Lee County Correctional Institution. Defendant was one of three inmates confined in individual holding cells used to control problem inmates. These three inmates had been creating a disturbance, throwing items ranging from clothing to human excrement…