State v. Wiggett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Deanna C. Wiggett, from her convictions for attempted kidnapping, battery, and aggravated burglary. She was sentenced to a controlling term of 68 months. The charges against Wiggett arose after she approached a young mother in a store parking lot in Wichita, Kansas, sprayed her twice with pepper spray, knocked her to the ground, and attempted to take her infant daughter from a car seat in the rear seat of the mother s car.

Following the suggestion of her own mother, Wiggett went to the Toys-R-Us store…