• 2007 - Kidnapping
  • K-8.70
    • Abduction
    • Escape
    • Kidnapping
    • Prisons
    • Public Authority
    • Ransom
    • Terrorizing
    • Other Personal Crimes
    • Other Personal Crimes

  • A person who abducts another or, having abducted another, continues to restrain the other person with intent to [hold the victim for ransom or reward] [use the victim as a shield or hostage] [hold the victim in a condition of involuntary servitude] [terrorize the victim or a third person] [commit a felony or attempt to commit a felony] [interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function] is guilty of Kidnapping.

     

    ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF OFFENSE

     

    The State’s burden of proof is satisfied if the evidence shows, beyond a reasonable doubt, the following essential elements:

     

    1) On or about [month] [day] [year], in [County], North Dakota, the Defendant, _______________, [abducted] [having abducted, continued to restrain] _______________; and

     

    2) The Defendant did so intending to [hold _______________ for ransom or reward] [use _______________ as a shield or hostage] [hold _______________ in a condition of involuntary servitude] [terrorize _______________ or a third person] [commit a felony or attempt to commit a felony] [interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function].

     

    DEFINITIONS [Insert relevant definitions. NDCC 12.1-01-04, 12.1-02-02, 12.1-18-04.]


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    • 12.1-18-01
    • 12.1-18-04
  • Notes: Kidnapping is a class A felony unless the actor voluntarily releases the victim alive and in a safe place prior to trial, in which case it is a class B felony.