Rainey v. State

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Kent Rainey was indicted for arson in the first degree of an apartment occupied by Sandra Kirby at the Red Oak Apartments on 4439 Campbell Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, on June 4, 1985. He was also indicted for simple battery of Sandra Kirby on June 7, 1985, by striking her with his fists. Trial was held on September 23-25, 1985, and the jury was unable to reach a verdict on the arson count and a mistrial as to that count was declared by the court, but the jury found Rainey guilty of the battery count. This court affirmed the judgment of the trial court. See Rainey v.…