Williams v. State

Pope, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of obstruction of an officer, OCGA § 16-10-24 (b).

The facts, although not without dispute, showed the following: Sgt. Donald Cox of the Valdosta Police Department testified that on the date in question he had responded to a call to disperse a crowd gathered in the street when he was approached by a woman who requested his assistance in removing her son from her house. Sgt. Cox saw the defendant standing on an apartment balcony with four to five people standing on the ground nearby. Sgt. Cox testified that he climbed up the stairs to the edge of…