Miller v. District Court

This is an original proceeding in which the People seek relief in the nature of prohibition. We issued an order to show cause why respondent district court’s ruling, which reduced a first-degree kidnapping charge from a class one felony to a class two felony, should not be vacated. We now make the rule absolute.

The defendant was charged with class one felony first-degree kidnapping, first-degree sexual assault, and conspiracy. The charges arose out of an incident in which defendant and five companions at knife point forced a nineteen year old woman into their car, drove to a cornfield, and…