State v. Ripley

BRADY, Justice.

This case requires us to determine whether the asportation of robbery victims from an entranceway into a motel lobby during the commission of a robbery with a dangerous weapon was an independent act legally sufficient to justify defendant’s separate convictions of kidnapping. Because we find defendant’s actions did not constitute a separate, complete act independent of the commission of the robbery with a dangerous weapon, we affirm the Court of Appeals’ opinion.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On 18 November 2003, defendant Antonio Lamarquisa Ripley was indicted by the Onslow County Grand…