State v. Surrett

WYNN, Judge.

Defendant was indicted on 5 November 1990 for second degree kidnapping pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-39 and larceny. The case was tried by a jury and defendant was found guilty of second degree kidnapping and misdemeanor larceny. The trial judge entered judgment on the verdicts and sentenced defendant to thirty years imprisonment on the kidnapping charge and two years imprisonment on the misdemeanor larceny charge, sentences to be served consecutively.

The State’s evidence tended to show the following. On 22 September 1990, sixteen year old Cathy Jean Brooks stopped at the…