Christopher Williams v. State of Florida

Defendant brutally beat, stabbed multiple times, and sexually battered the victim in her bedroom, locking the door behind him as he moved her inward before his savagery began; Convicted of sexual battery, attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, and kidnapping while armed with a weapon, he claims the kidnapping count fails under our decision in Miller v. State, 124 So.3d 395 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013), because the confinement of his victim was incidental to the other charges. Miller cannot, and should not, be read so broadly.

Kidnapping, as charged in this case, means “forcibly, secretly,…