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CUEVAS v. STATE

No. 49213.

338 So.2d 1236 (1976)

Julian CUEVAS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 9, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dannye L. Hunter, Forest, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SUGG and WALKER, JJ.

PATTERSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Julian Cuevas was convicted of kidnapping and sentenced to thirty years in the state penitentiary. He appeals from this conviction and sentence by the Circuit Court of Scott County. The present issue is whether asportation was sufficiently proved to sustain the charge of kidnapping.

On the morning of April 17, 1975, Cuevas, a prisoner in the Scott County Jail, confronted Joe Townsend, the jailer, with a pistol and...

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