State v. Ramsey

NEUMAN, Justice.

Carl Ramsey was convicted by a jury of the crimes of first-degree kidnapping, attempted murder, and robbery. On appeal, he challenges the trial court’s refusal to direct a verdict in his favor on the kidnapping charge, claiming insufficient record evidence on the “removal” element of the offense. See Iowa Code § 710.1 (1987) (kidnapping defined). In the alternative, Ramsey contends that the kidnapping statute, as applied to him under the facts of this case, is unconstitutionally vague. We affirm.

As we consider Ramsey’s challenge to the trial court’s denial of his motion for…