Haugland v. State

Miller, Judge.

Jeremy Haugland was convicted of hijacking a car and various other offenses. The hijacking conviction was based on evidence that while in the course of stealing a vehicle, defendant jerked an elderly woman out of her car and flung her across the street, injuring her arm and head. The primary question on appeal is whether the hijacking statute’s requirement 1 that a defendant possess a firearm or weapon as an element of the offense is met by the defendant’s use of his hands to fling someone from a car. We hold that the statutory requirement was not met and therefore reverse that…