Tarplin v. State

Smith, Judge.

Appellant was convicted at a jury trial for kidnapping, armed robbery, and rape. He appeals, alleging, in addition to the general grounds, that the trial court erred in refusing to give certain requested charges and that, the trial court’s charge on alibi was impermissibly burden-shifting. We affirm.

1. There was evidence admitted in the trial from which the jury would be warranted in finding the following: As the victim was waiting for a bus on Techwood Drive in Atlanta, appellant drove up with a gun and forced her into his car. Appellant then drove to a wooded area off Fulton…