State v. Walch

*465BALMER, J.

The issue in this criminal case is whether evidence that defendant dragged the victim 15 feet and forced her into the trunk of a car is sufficient to show that defendant moved the victim “from one place to another” as that phrase is used in the kidnapping statute, ORS 163.225(l)(a), or if the state instead must prove that defendant moved the victim a “substantial distance.” The trial court determined that the jury could have found that defendant had moved the victim from one place to another and denied defendant’s motion for a judgment of acquittal. Defendant appealed, and the Court…