Haynes v. State

We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ opinion in this case. 159 Ga. App. 34 (283 SE2d 25) (1981).

1. The Court of Appeals held in Division 1 that “asportation” of the victim, necessary for conviction of kidnapping, was sufficiently shown by the evidence that the appellant, armed with a handgun, forced the victim to walk from her desk about 25 feet to the office of the hotel manager, to whom he made his demand for $20,000, and *120that he held the victim there against her will for 20 hours. Although we believe that specific legislation, amending Code Ann. § 26-1308, should be…