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162 Ga. App. 230

Thomas v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 30, 1982

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1982-04-30

Relies on Sanders v. State · Drake v. State

Decided 1982-04-30

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

¶1Defendant was convicted for the offense of simple battery, his motion for new trial was filed, heard and denied. Defendant appeals. Held:

¶2The sole enumeration of error is that there was insufficient evidence upon which a rational trier of fact could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Yet there was direct testimony by the victim that while he and defendant were in a motel room the defendant had hit him in the face with his fist and while the victim was on the floor defendant kicked him. As a result of this *231incident he was hospitalized for a week with a broken jaw. We have examined the record and transcript and have made a determination that a rational trier of fact (the jury in the case sub judice) could reasonably have found from the evidence adduced at trial proof of guilt of the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt. See Drake v. State, 245 Ga. 798, 799 (267 SE2d 237); Sanders v. State, 246 Ga. 42 (1) (268 SE2d 628).

Decided April 30, 1982.M. Gene Gouge, for appellant.Stephen A. Williams, District Attorney, Elida B. Steele, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

Banke and Birdsong, JJ., concur.
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