Following a jury trial, Wesley Mitchell Meeker was convicted on a felony count of obstructing an officer,1 a misdemeanor count of obstructing an officer,2 and a felony count of interfering with government property.3 He appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and asserting that i the trial court commented on the evidence, ii the State engaged in prosecutorial misconduct, iii he received ineffective assistance of counsel, and iv juror misconduct invalidated the verdict. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. When reviewing a defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. Short v. State .4 We do not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility, but only determine if the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find the defendant guilty of the charged offense beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia .5
So viewed, the evidence shows that Meeker’s neighbors called police when they heard Meeker and his wife screaming and fighting, saw household items thrown out Meeker’s door, and then saw Meeker exit the house, obtain an axe, and return to the house with the brutal weapon. When two officers arrived, Meeker met them in the driveway, claimed everything was all right, forbade them from entering his home, and ordered them off his property. Observing that the front door, which had been knocked off its hinges, was lying on the ground with other household items, and that Meeker had blood on his arm and smelled of alcohol, the officers indicated that one intended to check on Meeker’s wife. As one officer proceeded toward the house, Meeker grabbed him from behind and forcefully shoved him onto the hood of a nearby vehicle. The second officer wrestled the resisting Meeker to the ground and eventually handcuffed him. With Meeker threatening to attack the officers and to kill one of them, they placed him in the back seat of the patrol vehicle, where he then violently kicked the interior of the vehicle until an interior door handle broke off and a window was forced off its frame. Police spoke with Meeker’s wife, who had blood on her shirt, a swollen bloody nose, and scratches on her arm. They also viewed the interior of the residence, where numerous household items had been broken throughout the house.