STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT AND CROSS-RESPONDENT,
v.
ROBERT W. LA FRANCE, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT AND CROSS-APPELLANT.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued November 6, 1989.
Decided February 21, 1990.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Steven E. Braun, Special Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant and cross-respondent (John P. Goceljak, Special Deputy Attorney General-in-Charge, Acting Passaic County Prosecutor, attorney).
William P. Robertson, Designated Counsel, argued the cause for respondent and cross-appellant (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Defender, attorney; William Welaj, Designated Counsel, on the letter brief).
Alexander P. Waugh, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Peter N. Perretti, Jr., Attorney General, attorney).
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.
This case, like State v. Masino,94 N.J. 436 (1983), concerns the scope of the statutory definition of kidnapping set forth in our Code of Criminal Justice, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1. Masino considered whether the substantial distance requirement for asportation or movement of a kidnapping victim was to be measured in linear or in qualitative terms. The Court held in favor...
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