Legal Opinion
Fleming v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 2, 2013No. A13A1203PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge.
Following a jury trial, John Fleming was convicted of battery (OCGA § 16-5-23.1 (a)) and criminal damage to property in the second degree (OCGA § 16-7-23 (a) (1)). Fleming appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, contending that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions, the trial court erred in failing to charge on justification as a defense to the crime of criminal damage to property, and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
“On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence is viewed in the…
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