Opinion ID: 1211158
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Heading: 41815 Holly Johnson

Text: 20. Holly raises two issues on appeal. In her first enumeration, she raises the general grounds. We find no error. Based on the evidence presented in this case any rational trier of fact could have found her guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the offenses of which she was convicted. Jackson v. Virginia, supra, 443 U. S. 21. In her second enumeration Holly contends that the superior court should have dismissed her convictions of aggravated assault and kidnapping because one of them must have been the underlying offense for the conviction of felony murder. In response, the state concedes that appellant should not have been sentenced for felony murder and both underlying felonies. However, the state further contends that only one underlying felony conviction need be vacated; that the aggravated assault was the initial felony which began the chain of events leading to Henderson's death; and that it is therefore the aggravated assault conviction which merged with the felony murder conviction and therefore ought to be vacated. We agree, Blankenship v. State, supra, 247 Ga., and vacate the aggravated assault conviction and affirm the kidnapping conviction. For the foregoing reasons, Holly Johnson's convictions and sentences are affirmed in part and reversed in part. Judgment affirmed in Case No. 41813. Judgments affirmed in part and reversed in part in Case Nos. 41814 and 41815. All the Justices concur, except Gregory, J., not participating.