Short v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Justice.
The appellant, Tina Louise Short, was indicted in Rockdale County along with her mother, Hazel Louise Short, and her cousin, Nickie Ford, for the kidnapping with bodily injury of Catherine Tucker Whitehead. A Rockdale County Jury found the appellant guilty of kidnapping and she was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. Hazel Short was found guilty of kidnapping with bodily injury and sentenced to life imprisonment, and Nickie Ford was acquitted. The facts of the case can be found in Short v. State, 256 Ga. 165 (345 SE2d 340) (1986). The appellant enumerates five errors on…
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