Carroll v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Appellant was convicted, in a jury trial, of aggravated assault and kidnapping, and sentenced to ten and fifteen years, to run concurrently. Four enumerations of error are raised, of which three are based upon the sufficiency of the evidence and one upon allegedly inflammatory remarks made during the state’s closing argument. Held:

1. Appellant’s attack upon the sufficiency of the evidence to support conviction on either the assault or the kidnapping charge is without merit. The victim testified that appellant forced him, with a gun as well as what purported to be an explosive…