LeBlanc v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Stephen Josef LeBlanc appeals his conviction on one count of kidnapping with bodily injury, 1 arguing that the court abused its discretion in (i) admitting a prior difficulty between him and the victim, (ii) admitting evidence that LeBlanc sought to hire a hit man to kill the victim, and (iii) admitting a prior inconsistent statement of a reluctant witness who claimed he had lost his memory. Discerning no abuse, we affirm.

Construed in favor of the verdict, Short v. State 2 the evidence shows that in May 1995, LeBlanc broke into his ex-wife’s…