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Final Copy 290 Ga. 670 S12A0040. JONES v. THE STATE.

CARLEY, Presiding Justice. After a jury trial, Christopher Jones was found guilty of the aggravated assault of Cindy Hurst and the kidnapping of her and of her six-year-old and 18month-old daughters. The trial court entered judgments of conviction on the guilty verdicts and sentenced Jones to concurrent terms of ten years for the aggravated assault, five years for the kidnapping of Ms. Hurst, and 25 years for each of the other two counts of kidnapping. The trial court denied a motion for new trial with respect to the aggravated assault conviction. That conviction was appealed by Jones and, after transfer of the case by this Court, was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. Jones v. State, 294 Ga. App. 564 (669 SE2d 505) (2008). However, the trial court granted a new trial on the kidnapping convictions based on ineffective assistance of counsel and further held that the mandatory 25-year sentence set forth in OCGA

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