People v. Dore

Opinion by

Judge TAUBMAN.

Defendant, Kerry S. Dore, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree kidnapping, crime of violence, menacing, and false reporting of explosives or weapons. We affirm.

Several years before the incident leading to defendant’s conviction, he suffered a serious accident while working at the site of a new facility for Focus on the Family, a religious organization located in El Paso County. He obtained workers’ compensation benefits for those injuries, but remained dissatisfied because he believed he and his family had…