COWAN v. STATE


347 S.W.2d 37 (1961)

Lawrence COWAN v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 26, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burkett C. McInturff, Kingsport, for plaintiff in error.

Walker T. Tipton, Nashville, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

This appeal in error by Cowan is from a conviction of kidnapping, as defined by Section 39-2601, T.C.A.

Two teen-age couples riding in the automobile of one of the boys, after entering a so-called lover's lane road, finally stopped in a field at the edge of a woods. The place where the automobile was thus stopped was isolated to the extent that there was very little likelihood of the discovery at night of the presence of persons there....

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