Howard v. the State

McFADDEN, Judge.

After a jury trial, Garrett Delmar Howard III was convicted of aggravated assault (OCGA § 16-5-21 (c)) and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime (OCGA § 16-11-106). Howard argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion for directed verdict, but evidence authorized the jury’s verdict of guilty. Howard argues that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of inculpatory statements he made when he was 15 years old, but the statements were spontaneous utterances that did not implicate Howard’s Fifth Amendment rights. Finally, Howard argues that the…