277 Ga. App. 804 - Leppla v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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1. “[I]n those cases where the movement involved is minimal, and the alleged kidnapping occurs in furtherance of some other criminal enterprise such as rape, the movement necessary to constitute `asportation' must be more than a mere positional change, e.g., from a standing to a supine position.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 285 Ga. App. 902 - Garza v. State · 289 Ga. App. 606 - Mercer v. State

2. “shoving the victim, without moving her to a different location, was not the evidence that satisfied the requirement of asportation, nor was pulling her to the floor at a single location [and attempting to rape her].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 289 Ga. App. 606 - Mercer v. State

3. “A person commits the offense of kidnapping when he abducts or steals away any person without lawful authority or warrant and holds such person against his will.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 286 Ga. App. 898 - Ayers v. State