Watts v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

Kerry Lewis Watts brings this appeal from an order of the trial court dismissing a prior appeal from the denial of his motion for new trial following his convictions of kidnapping with bodily injury, false imprisonment, and entering an automobile.

*655The victim was employed as a trainer at a horse farm in rural Monroe County, Georgia. While she was at work on April 29, 1985, her checkbook, bank credit card, and $8 in cash were removed from her automobile, which was parked on the farm. She reported the theft to the police, who lifted tire prints from the scene.

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