Gentry v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

After a jury convicted Kim Gentry of rape and kidnapping, the trial court imposed a life sentence plus 20 years. Following the denial of his amended motion for new trial, Gentry raises three errors.

On appeal, the evidence must be viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, and Gentry no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. Cline v. State, 221 Ga. App. 175 (471 SE2d 24) (1996). Viewed in that light, the State’s evidence showed the following. As the victim waited alone on a rainy night for a MARTA bus to take her to work at Krystal’s, Gentry drove up and…