State v. Siemer

NEUMAN, Justice.

The principal question posed by this appeal is whether the armor of parental authority is strong enough to shield a defendant from prosecution and conviction for the criminal confinement and torture of a child. We think not, and affirm defendant Larry Siemer’s conviction for first-degree kidnapping.

I. Background facts and proceedings.

Defendant Larry Siemer is the live-in boyfriend of Donna Simmons, and together they were charged in June 1988 with the kidnapping of Donna’s seven-year-old son, Tracey. 1 The charge arose out of events beginning in December 1987 and continuing…