• 2010 - Felonious Restraint
  • K-8.74
    • Abduction
    • Detention
    • False Imprisonment
    • Force
    • Kidnapping
    • Serious Bodily Injury
    • Terrorizing
    • Other Personal Crimes
    • Other Personal Crimes
  • A person who [knowingly abducts another person] [knowingly restrains another person under terrorizing circumstances or under circumstances exposing the person to risk of serious bodily injury] [willfully restrains another with intent to hold the person in a condition of involuntary servitude] is guilty of Felonious Restraint.

     

    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, ____________;

     

    2) [Knowingly abducted ____________, another human being] [Knowingly restrained _____________, another human being, under terrorizing circumstances or under circumstances exposing _____________ to risk of serious bodily injury] [Willfully restrained ____________, another human being, with the intent to hold ____________ in a condition of involuntary servitude].

     

    DEFINITIONS [Insert relevant definitions. NDCC 12.1-01-04, 12.1-02-02, 12.1-18-04.] “Terrorizing circumstances” are circumstances involving threats of violence, or acts dangerous to human life made with an intent to induce fear.


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    • 12.1-18-02
    • 12.1-18-04
    • State v. Plentychief, 464 NW2d 373 (ND 1990)
  • Notes: No precise words are necessary to convey a threat. State v. Alvarado, 2008 ND 203, 757 NW2d 570