Edwards v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Lawrence Edwards, was convicted of kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault, aggravated sodomy, rape, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. On appeal, he contends that the conviction for kidnapping with bodily injury is invalid because the trial court failed to instruct the jury on bodily injury.

In this case, the indictment, which was before the jury, charged Edwards with kidnapping with bodily injury and specified rape as the predicate bodily injury. During the jury charge, the trial court instructed the jury that Edwards was…