People v. Strewl

McNamee, J. (dissenting).

Section 1250 of the Penal Law of this State provides, in so far as we are concerned here, as follows: “ A person who willfully * * * seizes * * * or kidnaps another, with intent to cause him, without authority of law, to be secretly confined or imprisoned within this state, * * * against his will * * * is guilty of kidnapping.” And again (Penal Law, § 2): “A person concerned in the commission of a crime, whether he directly commits the act constituting the offense or aids and abets in its commission, and whether present or absent, and a person who directly or…