Legal Opinion
State v. La France
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 21, 1990PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
O’HERN, J.
This case, like State v. Masino, 94 N.J. 436 (1983), concerns the scope of the statutory definition of kidnapping set forth in our Code of Criminal Justice, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1. Masino considered whether the substantial distance requirement for asportation or movement of a kidnapping victim was to be measured in linear or in qualitative terms. The Court held in favor of the latter:
[O]ne is transported a “substantial distance” if that asportation is criminally significant in the sense of being more than merely incidental to the underlying crime.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State v. YarboughSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1985
- People v. DanielsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Warren P. Berry. Appeal of Warren Berry. Appeal of Guillermo BrignoniCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- People v. MilesNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- State v. ConcepcionSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
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3Cited by45 opinions
- State v. SalamonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- Garza v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
- Commonwealth v. MarkmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- State v. ChaplandSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2006
- State v. SavageSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2002
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