Robbins v. State

Appellant was charged by indictment in three separate count with kidnapping, statutory rape, and commission of a felony while armed with a deadly weapon. The relevant Indiana statutes provide as follows:

Ind. Anno. Stat. § 10-2901 (1956 Repl.) “Kidnapping.— Whoever kidnaps, or forcibly or fraudulently carries off or *315decoys from any place within this state, or arrests or imprisons any person, with the intention of having such person carried (a) way from any place within this state, unless it be in pursuance of the laws of this state or of the United States, is guilty of kidnapping, and, on…