Howe v. State

Carley, Presiding Judge.

After a jury trial, appellant was found guilty of simple battery. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the trial court on the jury’s guilty verdict, and enumerates as error only the general grounds.

OCGA § 16-5-23 (a) (1), provides, in relevant part, as follows: “A person commits the offense of simple battery when he . . . [¡Intentionally makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with the person of another. ...” Contrary to appellant’s contention, there is nothing in this statutory language which requires that the physical…