State v. Baldwin

PHILLIPS, Judge.

Under G.S. § 14-39(a), unlawfully confining, restraining, or removing a person from one place to another without the consent of such person is kidnapping if one of the purposes of such confinement, restraint or removal is for the purpose of “terrorizing the person so confined, restrained, or removed. . . .” It is under that part of the statute that defendant was indicted, tried and convicted.

Defense counsel stoutly contends — and has at every opportunity since the State rested — that the evidence does not suffice to show that defendant’s purpose was to terrorize these…