State v. Taylor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Foth, C.:

This is a direct appeal from the defendant’s conviction by a jury of aggravated kidnapping.

On May 2, 1973, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Kimberly P. Whittle, a seven year old first grade student of Caldwell Elementary School in Wichita, was on her way home. As she walked down a sidewalk near the school a man got out of an old green pickup truck, blocked her path, picked her up around the waist, and placed her in the passenger’s side of the truck.

While leaving the area the truck passed several members of the student safety-patrol; they saw the…