State of Tennessee v. Jordan Ballard

Syllabus

The Defendant, Jordan Ballard, was convicted by a Lake County Circuit Court jury ofaggravated kidnapping, a Class B felony; rape, a Class B felony; aggravated assault, a ClassC felony; and assault, a Class A misdemeanor. See T.C.A. §§ 39-13-304 (2018)(aggravated kidnapping), 39-13-503 (2019) (subsequently amended) (rape); 39-13-102(Supp. 2020) (subsequently amended) (aggravated assault); 39-13-101 (Supp. 2020)(subsequently amended) (assault). The trial court imposed concurrent sentences of tenyears for aggravated kidnapping, ten years for rape, four years for aggravated assault, andeleven months, twenty-nine days for assault, for an effective ten-year sentence. On appeal,the Defendant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support his aggravatedkidnapping conviction. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.