Wetta v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

Gerald Broussard Wetta was convicted by a jury of simple battery and acquitted on charges of criminal trespass and battery. This appeal follows the denial of Wetta’s motion for new trial.

Viewed in the light to support the jury’s verdict, the evidence showed that Wetta and the victim were together at the victim’s apartment for dinner when they got into an argument. The victim testified that after Wetta threw bottles of beer onto the floor and verbally abused her, she asked him to leave. When he refused, she called the “911” operator for assistance. During the victim’s…