Powell v. State

Doyle, Judge.

After a jury trial, Lerone Powell was convicted of false imprisonment 1 and misdemeanor family violence battery. 2 Powell appeals, challenging, among other things, the sufficiency of the evidence and arguing that the trial court’s jury charge permitted the jury to find Powell guilty of family violence battery in a manner other than that charged in the indictment. For the reasons that follow, we affirm Powell’s false imprisonment conviction, but reverse his conviction for family violence battery.

Viewing the facts in the light most favorable to the verdict, 3 the record shows that…