State v. Knupp

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Following trial to the court, defendant Robert James Knupp was found guilty of kidnapping in the first degree, a violation of sections 710.1 and 710.2, The Code 1979. Among other issues his appeal confronts us with the troublesome question whether the victim was sufficiently “confined” or “removed” to justify the conviction. We affirm.

Substantial evidence was produced to permit trial court to find the following facts. A New Year’s Eve party that started in the Burlington home of the victim and her husband on December 31, 1979, found its way to Downer’s tavern in…