People v. Rathbun

— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Washington County, rendered March 18, 1975, upon a verdict convicting defendant of kidnapping in the second degree. This case arose out of a somewhat unusual relationship between defendant and the victim, Daisy Allen. When the latter was age 11, she was placed in the home of defendant as a foster child. Subsequently, she was relocated but the connection between her and defendant continued. On April 11, 1974 defendant intercepted Daisy, then age 19, on her way to high school in Hudson Falls, New York. He took her in his automobile and crossed New…