State of Louisiana v. Jubbard Price

Summary

The court held that simple kidnapping is not a legally authorized responsive verdict to a charge of second degree kidnapping because it is neither listed in the statutory responsive-verdict provision nor a lesser and included offense. Because the jury's verdicts on simple kidnapping implicitly acquitted the defendant of second degree kidnapping, the court reversed and remanded for post-verdict judgments of acquittal on the five kidnapping counts.