State v. Alston

WEBB, Judge.

Defendant assigns error to the denial of his motion to dismiss the charge of kidnapping. G.S. 14-39 provides in part:

“(a) Any person who shall unlawfully confine, restrain, or remove from one place to another, any other person 16 years of age or over without the consent of such person .. . shall be guilty of kidnapping if such confinement, restraint or removal is for the purpose of:(2) Facilitating the commission of any felony . . . .”

The defendant argues there was insufficient evidence to support a conviction of kidnapping. The unlawful restraint or asportation of a person…