Rucker v. State

Miller, Chief Judge.

A Cobb County jury convicted William Tyrone Rucker of two counts of aggravated assault (OCGA § 16-5-21 (a) (2)) and one count of criminal damage to property in the first degree (OCGA § 16-7-22 (a) (1)). Rucker filed a motion for new trial, which the trial court denied. Rucker appeals, arguing that (i) the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions for aggravated assault; (ii) the trial court erred in admitting several prior convictions and bad character evidence; (iii) trial counsel was ineffective in allowing the admission of hearsay evidence at his sentencing…