Reynolds v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “fundamentally defective in that it uses only the conclusory term `restrain.' By using only the conclusory term `restrain,' and not defining the type of restraint the indictment is fundamentally defective as it fails to give the Defendant the notice required as to how he allegedly restrained the complainant, if at all.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reynolds v. State

2. “While it is impossible to make a meaningful distinction between Gibbons , which holds that `abduct' must be defined in a kidnapping indictment, and Ward , which holds that `restraint' need not be defined in a false imprisonment indictment, Ward clearly controls when the term `restraint' is at issue.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reynolds v. State

3. “intentionally and knowingly restrain DEBORA ANN PRITZ, hereafter styled the Complainant, by using and threatening to use deadly force with intent to prevent the liberation of the complainant, and with intent to facilitate commission of the felony of rape.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reynolds v. State