State v. Soto

Summary

The Oregon Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals and the trial court, holding that the defendant’s movement of the victim from the entryway to the bedroom and bathroom satisfied the “from one place to another” element of kidnapping, and that the trial court properly imposed a consecutive sentence for the kidnapping and sodomy convictions under ORS 137.123(5)(a). The court based its decisions on established statutory‑interpretation principles for asportation and on a textual analysis of the consecutive‑sentencing statute.