Barnes v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Gary Dean Barnes was convicted of kidnapping and he appeals.

Construing the evidence to support the verdict, the record reveals that upon exiting a shopping mall in Dalton on December 24, 1987, appellant was stopped by a Dalton police officer and asked to remain so that he could be viewed by a woman who had been accosted in the mall earlier. Appellant complied, and another officer arrived with the alleged victim and two witnesses. Each identified appellant positively as the man who had accosted the victim earlier, and appellant was arrested.

At trial, the victim testified that on…