State v. Wallace

By county attorney’s information defendant was charged with the crime of kidnapping, entered a plea of not guilty, tried, found guilty by a jury and appealed.

He assigns as errors the following: (1) overruling defendant’s objections to admission of evidence concerning a shotgun and shells found in an automobile; and (2) the trial court’s refusal to instruct the jury on intent as an element of the offense. We find no merit in the second assignment but are satisfied the first assignment necessitates a new trial.

The record discloses Geraldine Richardson, complaining witness, attended an informal…