Bedley v. State

Benham, Judge.

This appeal is from a denial of new trial on a simple battery conviction.

1. Appellant contends the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction for simple battery. OCGA § 16-5-23 (a) defines simple battery as follows: “A person commits the offense of simple battery when he either: (1) Intentionally makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with the person of another; or (2) Intentionally causes physical harm to another.”

The jury was authorized to find that Phillip Scott Bedley, a Clayton County deputy sheriff, was on duty at the Clayton County Jail on…