Dyer v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge.
Following a jury trial, Walter Thomas Dyer was convicted of several misdemeanors and aggravated assault on a police officer. On appeal he contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction for aggravated assault on a police officer, 1 and (2) the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce improper character evidence. We discern no error and affirm.
Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence reveals that when two police officers pulled Dyer over for a broken taillight, Dyer sped away as soon as the officers got out of their…
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