Ballew v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

A Banks County jury convicted Harold Ray Ballew of a single count of obstruction of an officer. The superior court thereafter sentenced him to 12 months confinement to be served on probation. Defendant appeals from the superior court’s order denying his motion for new trial. Held:

Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence pertinently shows that in the early evening of August 23, 1998, Banks County Deputy Sheriff Richard Vickery was dispatched to a county residence located at 326 Rattle Trap Road upon a 911 call from area residents reporting a knife fight…