Moyer v. State

OPINION

HOLMAN, Justice.

A jury found Appellant Thaddeus Moyer guilty of aggravated kidnapping. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 20.04 (Vernon 1994 & Supp.1997). The jury heard evidence that Appellant kidnapped the female victim at gunpoint one night and took her to his home, where he forced her to submit to beatings, rape, and other sexual abuse by him and his wife. Appellant kept the victim nude and bound in a locked closet. She escaped the next day by starting a fire in the closet and, while still inside the house, she telephoned 911 for help. Police and medical personnel responded. The jury…