State v. Stevens

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This prosecution for first-degree kidnapping involves the admissibility of state ments by the victim of alleged sexual abuse, which were made about an hour after the event. See §§ 710.1, 710.2, Code Supp.1977.

The pertinent part of section 710.1 provides:

A person commits kidnapping when he or she either confines a person or removes a person from one place to another, knowing that he or she has neither the authority nor the consent of the other to do so; provided, that to constitute kidnapping the act must be accompanied by one or more of the following:

3. The intent to .…