Horne v. State

Barnes, Judge.

Benjamin Horne was convicted of kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and two counts of family violence battery. The trial court merged the false imprisonment count with the kidnapping count, and gave Horne a mandatory life sentence, 20 years to serve 12 in confinement on the aggravated assault count, and 12 months on each of the battery counts, all to be served concurrently. Horne argues four grounds on appeal: (1) the trial court erred in instructing the jury that the asportation required to prove kidnapping need only be slight; (2) his trial…