State v. Clinding

JOHNSON, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his convictions of robbery with a dangerous weapon and four counts of second degree kidnapping. He was sentenced to forty-two years’ imprisonment.

The State’s evidence tended to show the following: On the evening of 28 September 1986 at around 11:00 p.m., John Johnson, assistant manager of the Wendy’s establishment on Western Boulevard in Raleigh, North Carolina was approached by a man who forced him to get onto the floor. Johnson and four other employees, Susan Worthington, Cynthia Oates, Ronald Wyatt and Linda Thompson were then taken to the back of the…