Long v. State

HERRMANN, Chief Justice :

The defendants were convicted of robbery first degree, kidnapping, and burglary second degree. Upon this appeal, the defendants contend that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction of kidnapping under 11 Del.C. § 783(3). 1 Specifically, we are called upon to consider the scope and meaning of the word “restrains” in § 783(3).

The State’s evidence established the following : the nightwatchman for a department store was accosted from the rear by the two defendants — one holding a gun and the other a knife. The gun was held at the watchman’s ear, the knife…