Wells v. State

MILLER, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Saudi Wells was convicted of cruelty to children in the first degree (OCGA § 16-5-70 (b)); cruelty to children in the second degree (OCGA § 16-5-70 (c)); and aggravated battery (OCGA § 16-5-24 (a)). Wells filed a motion for new trial, which the trial court denied. On appeal, Wells challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his convictions. We conclude that the evidence was sufficient to establish Wells’s guilt of the crimes, and therefore, we affirm.

On appeal, “[w]e view the evidence on appeal in the light most favorable to the…