State v. Padgett

ALLBEE, Justice.

This is an appeal by Robert Ray Padgett from his conviction for kidnapping in the first degree, a violation of section 710.2, The Code 1979. His sole contention on appeal is that trial court committed reversible error in admitting alleged hearsay testimony elicited by the State on cross-examination.

On April 26, 1979, defendant was charged by information in connection with the abduction and sexual abuse of an eleven-year-old girl. The victim had been forcibly taken from a Fort Madison dance studio where she attended lessons, driven to a motel in Coralville and held captive for…