State v. Freeman

MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant brings forward assignments of error in which he contends that the indictment for first degree kidnapping is fatally defective and that the trial court erred in denying him the right to exercise a peremptory challenge. We conclude that the indictment for kidnapping is not defective. The trial court’s error in denying the defendant the use of his remaining peremptory challenge, however, entitles him to a new trial.

The State presented evidence which tended to show that on the evening of March 24, 1984, the victim returned to High Point from a vacation. As she was…