Smith v. State

Andrews, Judge.

Jamie Barron Smith appeals from the judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of attempted rape; aggravated assault with intent to rape; aggravated assault with a knife; kidnapping; and misdemeanor battery. Smith contends that there was insufficient evidence of asportation to support the kidnapping conviction; that the trial court erred by failing to merge the aggravated assault convictions into one another and into the attempted rape conviction; and that the trial court erroneously instructed the jury with respect to the battery offense. For the…