Buice v. State

Bernes, Judge.

A DeKalb County jury convicted Henry Lewis Buice of one count of family violence battery. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred by defining the crime for the jury in a manner not charged in the indictment and by declining to charge the jury on the affirmative defense of justification. Because the trial court committed no error, we affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence must be construed in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence; moreover, an appellate court does not weigh the…