STATE v. BOYCE

No. 129A06.

651 S.E.2d 879 (2007)

STATE of North Carolina v. Jonathan Denard BOYCE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 9, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Amar Majmundar, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

Staples S. Hughes, Appellate Defender, by Benjamin Dowling-Sendor, Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellant.


BRADY, Justice.

This case presents the issue of whether defendant's act of restraint and removal in preventing the victim's escape from her residence, at a time when defendant's subsequent robbery with a dangerous weapon had not yet begun, was sufficient to support a conviction for second-degree kidnapping. Because we find defendant's conduct was legally sufficient to constitute the separate, complete act of second-degree kidnapping and, moreover, that the kidnapping...

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