Brinkley v. State

Nahmias, Justice.

On January 27,2000, Appellant Jonas Brinkley was found guilty by a Tift County jury of kidnapping with bodily injury to a female victim, rape of the female victim, kidnapping a male victim, and armed robbery. Six days later, Appellant was sentenced to the mandatory minimum of life imprisonment (with the possibility of parole) on the kidnapping with bodily injury count. See OCGA § 16-5-40 (d) (4) (“Aperson convicted of the offense of kidnapping shall be punished by . .. [l]ife imprisonment or death if the person kidnapped received bodily injury.). The trial court also…