Hal Rickey Andrews was found guilty by a jury of interference with government property1 Count 1, felony obstruction of an officer2 Count 2, and escape3 Count 3. After a pre-sentencing hearing pursuant to OCGA § 17-10-2, he was sentenced to five years to serve on Count 1; five years on Count 2, to serve consecutively to Count 1; and twelve months on Count 3, to serve concurrent with the sentence imposed under Count 1. Andrews filed a motion for new trial and a motion to modify the sentence. Following a hearing, the trial court denied both motions. Andrews appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence as to his felony obstruction conviction and enumerating other errors. We affirm. On appellate review of a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence.4 We do not weigh the evidence or judge the credibility of witnesses, but determine only if the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find the defendant guilty of the offenses charged beyond a reasonable doubt.5
So viewed, the record reflects that Travis White, a deputy with eight years’ experience with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, testified that on March 9, 2008, he was dispatched to Andrews’s home in response to a 9-1-1 domestic disturbance call. White was met by Andrews on the front step of the home, and he explained to Andrews that he needed to check on Andrews’s teen-age daughter. Andrews allowed the deputy to enter the residence, and once inside, White observed the daughter lying on her mother’s lap on the sofa, crying. When White asked her if she was all right, Andrews immediately told the deputy, “Can’t you see they’re all right They’re all right. And you got to leave, it’s time for you to go.” White told Andrews that he would leave once he found out what was going on. Andrews again insisted that White leave. White testified that Andrews then took a fighting stance, nose to nose with White, who did not have other law enforcement officers with him at that time. White attempted to grab Andrews’s arms and put them behind his back, but Andrews “snatched away.” White asked Andrews to put his arms behind his back, so that White could handcuff him, but Andrews continued to struggle. White then used pepper spray in an effort to subdue Andrews, who continued to struggle. Eventually, after using pepper spray two more times, throwing Andrews to the ground, and striking him with his fists, White was able to handcuff Andrews and take him outside to the patrol car. Andrews continued to struggle, and as White placed him in the patrol car, Andrews spat in White’s face twice. White left Andrews in the back of the patrol car and went back inside to interview Andrews’s wife and daughter. While White was inside, Andrews kicked out the back window of the patrol vehicle and ran away into the woods.
