On appeal from his conviction for driving under the influence DUI and failing to obey a traffic control device, Mark Peterson argues that the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress, when it failed to take corrective measures concerning a sleeping juror, and when it limited his cross-examination of witnesses. Peterson also argues that trial counsel was ineffective. We find no error and affirm. “On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, with the defendant no longer enjoying a presumption of innocence.” Reese v. State , 270 Ga. App. 522, 523 607 SE2d 165 2004. We neither weigh the evidence nor judge the credibility of witnesses, but determine only whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, a “rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307, 319 III B 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979.
So viewed, the record shows that at around midnight on June 9, 2006, an officer with the Cherokee County Police Department saw Peterson’s black Saab stopped well over the stop bar at a large and well-marked intersection. The officer watched as Peterson inched forward even further into the intersection. When some lights facing Peterson turned green, he proceeded to make a turn even though the arrows indicating that turn remained red. The officer then stopped Peterson for running a red light. Peterson told the officer that he did not realize he had run the light. As the officer reviewed Peterson’s license and insurance information, he noted that Peterson had bloodshot and watery eyes and was unusually friendly, “almost as if he was trying to divert attention” from himself. Because the officer was suffering from a sinus infection at the time and could not smell at all, he called a second officer to the scene.
