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Adams v. State

The victim identified the defendant as the gunman who forced his way into her car and ordered her to drive to a secluded area.

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A Gwinnett County jury convicted Jerry Dwayne Adams of hijacking a motor vehicle, OCGA § 16-5-44.1 b, battery, OCGA § 16-5-23, and two counts of kidnapping with bodily injury, OCGA § 16-5-40 b.1 Adams appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial. We find no error and affirm. 1. Adams claims that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions. On appeal, this Court reviews the evidence presented in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence. Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307, 319 III B 99 SC 2781, 61 LEd2d 560 1979. “When a criminal defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his or her conviction, the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” Citations, punctuation, and emphasis omitted. Patterson v. State , 272 Ga. App. 675, 676 1 613 SE2d 200 2005.

So viewed, the evidence shows that on the evening of October 22, 2002, the victim visited her boyfriend at his Gwinnett County apartment. Later that night, she drove to the exit of the apartment complex. Her infant daughter was in a car seat in the back seat of the car. As the victim was leaving the complex, she heard someone yell, and she slowed down and stopped. A man she did not know approached her car and asked if he could use the car’s lighter. The victim told the man the lighter was not working, but he said he would “show her how to do it,” and got in the car. The man then pointed a handgun at the victim and told her to drive.

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