Seay v. State
Seay v. State
Opinion of the Court
Appellant appeals his conviction of the offenses of aggravated assault on a peace officer and possession of cocaine.
In his sole enumeration of error the appellant argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion for new trial in which he challenged the verdict as being contrary to law, contrary to the evidence, and strongly against the weight of the evidence. The jury was authorized by the evidence at trial to find that four police officers went to appellant’s apartment with a search warrant. They knocked at the door at least three times and announced that they were police officers and that they had a search warrant. After no response was heard, the police officers kicked down the door and entered the apartment. Inside the apartment, they announced several more times that they
When viewed in the light favorable to the verdict, as we are required to do, the evidence was sufficient to enable any rational trier of fact to find appellant guilty of the offenses charged beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979); Garvey v. State, 176 Ga. App. 268 (6) (335 SE2d 640) (1985).
Judgment affirmed.
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