STATE v. JAMES

No. 17327.

631 P.2d 854 (1981)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Samuel JAMES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loren D. Martin, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Michael D. Smith, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


HALL, Justice:

Defendant and another held five customers hostage overnight after being confronted by police during the commission of an armed robbery of a drugstore located in Layton, Utah.

Defendant was charged and convicted by a jury of aggravated robbery1 and five counts of aggravated kidnapping.2 He appeals only the kidnapping convictions, contending that his actions constituted a single criminal...

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