Yarbrough v. State

Birdsong, Chief Judge.

Jessie Lee Yarbrough, the appellant, brings this appeal from his conviction of two counts of kidnapping, one count of aggravated battery by maliciously causing bodily harm to Melvin Turney with a knife, thereby causing the loss of a kidney and limited use of his left leg, one count of criminal trespass, and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

From the evidence offered during trial, the jury was authorized to find that Yarbrough entered the business premises of Melvin Turney in Valdosta, Georgia, on December 29, 1986, and pointed a pistol…