State v. Long

CLIFFORD, Justice.

Michael Long appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court (York County, Brodrick, J.) entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of attempted kidnapping, 17-A M.R.S.A. §§ 152, 301 (1983 & Supp.1989), on the grounds that the indictment charging him with that crime was defective and that insufficient evidence was presented to support his conviction. Because we agree with Long’s contention that the evidence of attempted kidnapping is insufficient, we vacate that conviction. 1

On January 31, 1989, the victim, a fifteen-year-old resident of Lebanon, was accosted by Long as…