Flores v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Martin Flores appeals his conviction for kidnapping1 and child molestation.2 Regarding the kidnapping conviction, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence pertaining to the element of asportation; regarding the child molestation conviction, he argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion for directed verdict (in which he argued that the State failed to prove that his private part touched the private part of the victim as alleged in the indictment). We hold that the evidence showed the asportation needed for a kidnapping…