State v. Cousar

STEELMAN, Judge.

The trial court did not err in its evidentiary rulings, in instructing the jury, or in entering judgment on the jury’s second-degree kidnapping verdict where the State proved restraint beyond that inherent in the underlying felony. The court did not err in sentencing defendant to consecutive sentences that were suspended with concurrent probationary periods.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

The evidence at trial tended to show that, shortly before midnight on 9 April 2006, Amanda Rush (hereinafter “Rush”) heard knocking at her apartment door. Rush, who is legally blind, at…