Arnold v. State

Miller, Chief Judge.

A Coweta County jury convicted Deunte Arnold of aggravated assault (OCGA § 16-5-21). On appeal, Arnold claims that he is entitled to a new trial because the State (i) suborned perjured testimony at trial by placing the victim on the stand to testify against him while knowing that the victim had previously identified another person as the perpetrator, and (ii) thereafter improperly bolstered the victim’s testimony through the testimony of a police investigator. Although the victim had given prior inconsistent testimony, Arnold does not show that the victim’s trial testimony…