Williams v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found Chalmus Williams guilty of obstructing a law enforcement officer and driving with a suspended license. Williams appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, asserting that the trial court improperly charged the jury on obstruction and erred in admitting similar transaction evidence, and alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. For reasons that follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

1. “On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in [a] light most favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of…