State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Respondent v. Robert W. La France, Defendant-Respondent and…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the defendant's thirty‑minute confinement of his husband, undertaken to facilitate a robbery and sexual assault, satisfies the statutory definition of first‑degree kidnapping, and that the trial court's jury charge on kidnapping was adequate. Accordingly, the appellate division's dismissal of the kidnapping count was reversed and the conviction reinstated.