Dowdell v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Defendant appeals his jury conviction of simple assault (OCGA § 16-5-20) and the denial of his motion for new trial.

1. Defendant enumerates that the trial court erred in failing to render a directed verdict of acquittal, or, in the alternative, in failing to grant his motion for new trial as the evidence was insufficient to convict. The indictment charged aggravated assault. The court instructed the jury on the elements of that offense as well as the elements of the two types of simple assault.

Defendant did not make a motion for directed verdict so there is nothing for us to…