Culbertson v. State

Carley, Chief Judge.

After a jury trial, appellant was found guilty of five counts of aggravated assault upon a correctional officer and one count of possession of a weapon by an inmate. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered by the trial court on the guilty verdicts and from the denial of his motion for new trial.

1. That appellant appeared at trial wearing prison clothing is not a basis for reversal, inasmuch as the evidence adduced at trial otherwise revealed that he was a prisoner. See Spurlin v. State, 228 Ga. 763, 765 (4) (187 SE2d 856) (1972); Sharpe v. State,…