State v. Alston

300 S.E.2d 857 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Edward ALSTON.

No. 8214SC496.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 5, 1983.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Lucien Capone, III, Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Adam Stein by Asst. Appellate Defender Nora B. Henry, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

WEBB, Judge.

Defendant assigns error to the denial of his motion to dismiss the charge of kidnapping. G.S. 14-39 provides in part:

"(a) Any person who shall unlawfully confine, restrain, or remove from one place to another, any other person 16 years of age or over without the…