Goudeau v. State

OPINION

DUNN, Justice.

A jury found appellant, James Goudeau, guilty of aggravated kidnapping enhanced by a prior conviction of robbery by assault, and sentenced him to life imprisonment and a fine of $10,000.

On June 1,1988, at 9:00 p.m., two female complainants, S-l and S-2, left the Houston Community College Campus on Holman Street and were approached by appellant, who got into the back seat of their car. Appellant held a gun to S-l’s head and threatened to shoot them if they failed to do as told.

S-l testified at trial that she did not notice appellant as she entered her car at Houston…