Contreras v. State

Blackwell, Judge.

Raymond David Contreras was tried by a Gwinnett County jury and convicted of kidnapping with bodily injury 1 and rape. 2 He appeals, contending that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction for kidnapping with bodily injury, that the court below erred when it gave an Allen charge, 3 and that he was deprived at trial of the effective assistance of counsel. We find no merit in these contentions and affirm the judgment of conviction.

1. We consider first whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the conviction for kidnapping with bodily injury. To this end, we…