Excerpt from Attorney Ralph Behr’s Book. Can a Police Lie to Me? What is Kidnapping?

CRIMES

50 ‘most charged’ crimes defined

KIDNAPPING

To prove the crime of kidnapping, the state must prove the following three elements:

1. Defendant forcibly, secretly, or by threat: confined, or abducted, or imprisoned the victim against his or her will.
2. The defendant had no lawful authority
3. The defendant acted with intent to do any of the following:

 

• commit a felony
• hold for ransom
• inflict bodily harm
• terrorize the victim
• interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function.