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COM. v. RUSHING

No. 3 MAP 2014

99 A.3d 416 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Randal R. RUSHING, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 18, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew John Jarbola III, Esq. , Jennifer Lyn McCambridge, Esq. , Lisa Ann Swift, Esq. , Eugene M. Talerico Jr., Esq. , Lackawanna County District Attorney's Office, Scranton, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Robert Michael Buttner, Esq. , Luzerne County Conflict Counsel, for Randal R. Rushing.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, STEVENS, JJ.

OPINION

Justice TODD.

In this appeal by allowance, we consider the offense of kidnapping as set forth in Pennsylvania's Crimes Code, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2901(a), and address the singular question of whether the victims herein were confined in a "place of isolation" to support a conviction under that statute. For the reasons that follow, we find that the victims, although imprisoned in their home, nevertheless...

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