Megas v. State

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that appellant’s forcing victim back into car during escape attempt supports intent
• concluding intent element met even where “incident took place on a well-traveled urban highway”
• concluding intent element met despite victim’s initial, voluntary acceptance of ride from appellant
• “[A] defendant can be operating a motor vehicle in public while still intending to secret[e] or keep the victim from being found.”
• proof that victim is kept isolated from anyone who might have been of assistance meets element of secreting or holding in place where victim is not likely to be found
• Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2002, pet. ref'd

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).