Thompson v. State

Ellington, Chief Judge.

A Gwinnett County jury found Everet Thompson guilty of kidnapping with bodily injury, OCGA § 16-5-40 (a), (d) (4); armed robbery, OCGA § 16-8-41 (a); and three counts of aggravated assault, OCGA § 16-5-21 (a) (2). Thompson appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, contending that the evidence of asportation was insufficient to support his kidnapping conviction and that the trial court erred in failing to merge his armed robbery conviction with one of the aggravated assault convictions. Finding no error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the…