State v. Muhammad

THOMAS, Judge.

Defendant, Kuwsh Abdullah Muhammad, was found guilty in a jury trial of common law robbery and second-degree kidnapping. He appeals the kidnapping conviction, arguing that it violates the prohibition against double jeopardy guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and should have been vacated by the trial court.

We disagree and find no error.

The state’s evidence tended to show the following: Defendant entered a Pizza Hut in Hillsborough, North Carolina, through a back door on 11 February 1999. Jeremiah Cash, an employee, was in the rear of the building…