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· 12/1/2008

Rayshad v. State

Citations

  • 670 S.E.2d 849
  • 295 Ga. App. 29
  • 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 3994
  • 2008 Ga. App. LEXIS 1348

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • dragging victim from bedroom, through adjoining bathroom, into closet, and back failed to establish asportation
  • dragging victim from bedroom, through adjoining bathroom, into closet, and back failed to establish asportation
  • reversing one of two kidnapping convictions where there was no evidence that “movements enhanced significantly the risk she was already facing during the commission of these crimes”
  • reversing one of defendant’s two kidnapping convictions because there was no evidence that the movements significantly enhanced the danger the victim already faced during the commission of the aggravated assault or armed robbery crimes
  • no asportation even though one of the victims was dragged around and into another room because the movement was in furtherance of robbery
  • act of forcing victim, who was standing, to lie on floor does not satisfy kidnapping statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Phipps, Barnes, Johnson

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