Willingham v. State

The appellant, Taft Willingham, was convicted of kidnapping in the second degree, a violation of § 13A-6-44, Ala. Code 1975. He was sentenced to serve 20 years in the penitentiary and was fined $10,000. He raises two issues on appeal.

I

The appellant was indicted for kidnapping in the first degree. The jury was instructed on kidnapping in the first degree and the lesser included offenses of kidnapping in the second degree, unlawful imprisonment in the first, and unlawful imprisonment in the second degree. The appellant contends on appeal that the trial court erred in refusing to charge the jury…