Sims v. State

POPE, Senior Appellate Judge.

Vinson Perez Sims appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial following his conviction for burglary. Sims challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and contends that the trial judge intimated his opinion as to Sims’s guilt in violation of OCGA § 17-8-57 when he questioned a defense witness. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

Following a criminal conviction, we construe the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict. Green v. State, 298 Ga. App. 17, 18 (679 SE2d 348) (2009). Construed in this manner, the evidence…