People v. Masterson

Order unanimously reversed on the law, conviction reinstated and matter remitted to Monroe County Court for further proceedings, in accordance with the following memorandum: The trial court erred in dismissing defendant’s kidnapping conviction on the ground that it merged with his sexual abuse conviction. The proof in this case showed that defendant abducted his victim, detained him for nearly six hours, twice told him to change his clothes, cut his hair from shoulder length to crew cut length and told him that they would sleep by day and travel by night, thereby establishing that the…