State v. Taylor

UDALL, Chief Justice.

The primary question presented by this criminal appeal is whether a defendant who allegedly takes or detains a person for any purpose other them for pecuniary gain can be lawfully charged or convicted of kidnaping under L.1935, ch. 13, sec. 1 (now A.R.S., § 13-492).

After a preliminary hearing before a magistrate, Wayne Vance Taylor, also known as Robert Vance Taylor, and hereinafter referred to as defendant, was arraigned in the superior court upon an information charging him with the crime of kidnaping for assault, a felony. The crime was alleged to have been committed…