Holley v. State

The appellant, David Niles Holley, was convicted of kidnapping in the first degree and was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. On this appeal of that conviction, he raises five issues.

I

Jackie Staton testified that the appellant abducted her from her place of employment and forced her at gunpoint into a car. Ms. Staton said that she and the appellant wrestled over the gun and that she tried to escape from the car, but that the appellant "grabbed [her] hair with both hands," R. 46, and she "lost a lot of . . . hair in a hair barrette," R. 48.

The appellant claims that he is entitled to a new…