Curtis v. State

Iben Timmell Curtis was indicted for and convicted of the offense of first degree kidnapping, and following a habitual offender hearing at which evidence of five prior robbery convictions were placed in evidence, the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. This appeal followed.

The evidence at trial established that Iben Timmell Curtis was confined in the Autauga County Jail on September 12, 1981, when, at knife point, he forced jailer Steve McRae, to unlock the jail and to accompany him to an automobile, which was driven into Montgomery County and McRae there handcuffed…