BLEDSON v. State

RUFFIN, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Latoya Renee Bledson guilty of fleeing from a police officer.1 She appeals from the conviction, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict and contending the trial court erred in denying her motion for a directed verdict of acquittal. Because the evidence was insufficient to establish the offense of fleeing from a police officer, we reverse.

“The standard of review for the denial of a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal is the same as for determining the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction.”2 Under that…