Reynolds v. State

The evidence was sufficient to sustain the former police officer's convictions for two counts of violating his oath as a public officer after he gave two female suspects a choice between complying with his request for sexual contact or going to jail.

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Jeremy Reynolds was tried by a DeKalb County jury and convicted on two counts of violating his oath as a public officer.1 He now appeals, claiming that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal because the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction. Reynolds further contends that the trial court violated his right to due process by limiting the number of questions that could be asked during general voir dire. For reasons explained below, we find no error and affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, the defendant is no longer entitled to a presumption of innocence and we therefore construe the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s guilty verdict. Marriott v. State, 320 Ga. App. 58, 58 739 SE2d 68 2013 citation omitted. So viewed, the record shows that from March 2008 through at least January of 2010, Reynolds served as a DeKalb County police officer. In September 2009, Reynolds, while in uniform and on patrol, stopped L. W. as she was walking down a street at approximately 1:30 a. m. Reynolds asked L. W. if she had any drugs in her possession; L. W. responded affirmatively, removed a small bag of marijuana from her pocket, and placed it on the back of Reynolds’s patrol car. Reynolds then told L. W. that either he could take her to jail or she could perform oral sex on him. When L. W. elected not to go to jail, Reynolds drove her in his patrol car to behind a nearby building, where L. W. performed oral sex on the officer.

Reynolds v. State

The evidence was sufficient to sustain the former police officer's convictions for two counts of violating his oath as a public officer after he gave two female suspects a choice between complying with his request for sexual contact or going to jail.

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