145 N.C. App. 134 - State v. Featherson’s Empirical Analysis

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20 state decisions

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1. “Based on these facts, the restraint and movement of Huggins was an inherent and integral part of the armed robbery. This restraint and movement was not sufficient to sustain a conviction for second degree kidnapping. Huggins was already in the same room as the robbers when she was bound to defendant. Huggins was exposed to no greater danger than that inherent in the armed robbery itself, nor was she subjected to the kind of danger and abuse the kidnapping statute was designed to prevent. Thus, we find error in defendant's conviction for second degree kidnapping of Huggins.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 191 N.C. App. 252 - State v. Calhoun · 242 N.C. App. 678 - State v. Alarcon

2. “Lester and McDonald[, defendant's boyfriend and friend,] entered the restaurant through the back door after pushing defendant inside. Employee Huggins was already in the room when defendant was pushed inside. McDonald told defendant, Pittman, and Huggins that they were being robbed. Lester ordered Huggins to come to him. Huggins and defendant were forced to the floor, while Lester taped them together in such a manner as to allow them to escape quickly. As Lester taped Huggins and defendant, McDonald forced Pittman to open the office safe. When Pittman opened the safe, McDonald grabbed the deposit bags and he and McDonald ran out of the back door leaving Pittman in the office. When the two men left, Pittman discovered that defendant and Huggins had already freed themselves. Huggins then called the police.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 678 - State v. Alarcon

3. “[T]he trial court properly denied [the] defendant’s motion to dismiss as to those charges. The alleged hearsay evidence was either properly admitted, or admitted without objection. This evidence includes statements by codefendants which implicate [the] defendant in the crimes. This evidence, standing alone, constitutes sufficient evidence to deny [the] defendant’s motion to dismiss.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 190 N.C. App. 369 - State v. Batchelor