State v. Viramontes

CORCORAN, Justice.

We granted the state’s petition for review to consider whether a father may be convicted of kidnapping his own child. Additionally, we address the issue raised in defendant’s cross-petition for review whether, if the kidnapping conviction is viable, the court properly imposed consecutive sentences for kidnapping and child abuse. We hold that a father may properly be convicted of kidnapping his child. We also hold that, under the circumstances of this case, consecutive sentences for kidnapping and child abuse were not permissible.

Facts

On June 9, 1987, Melquíades Viramontes…