State v. Ellis

The defendant was convicted of the crime of kidnapping and appeals.

The kidnap victim is Beatrice June Ellis, the former wife of the defendant. Mrs. Ellis testified that her decree of divorce became final November 23, 1964; that on December 15, 1964, defendant called her by telephone, and late that night came to the house where she and the children of this marriage resided; that at his request she reluctantly admitted him to the house.

There is testimony from this point that the defendant forced Mrs. Ellis from her home at gunpoint and then kept her imprisoned against her will for a number of…