Sweeney v. State

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Patrick Sweeney was indicted for burglary, aggravated assault, aggravated sodomy, attempted rape and impersonating a police officer. He denied the charges and the case was tried before a jury. The jury found Sweeney guilty of attempted rape and impersonating a police officer, but not guilty of the other charges. The trial court sentenced Sweeney to two years in prison. Sweeney appeals from the court’s denial of his motion for a new trial.

1. Sweeney’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the verdict is without merit. The state presented the following…