Opinion
No. 85-1422
Decided April 11, 1986.
Criminal law — Kidnapping by deception — Single instance involving two victims — Defendant may be convicted of separate violation for each person kidnapped — Multiple counts statute, R.C. 2941.25 — Kidnapping by deception, kidnapping by force, and rape not allied offenses of similar import, when.
APPEAL and CROSS-APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County.
Michael Miller, prosecuting attorney, and Karen L. Martin, for the state of Ohio.
Steven B. Higgins, pro se.
This cause on appeal and cross-appeal from the court of appeals (case No. 84AP-703) is reversed in part and affirmed in part on the authority of State v. Jones (1985), 18 Ohio St.3d 116, and State v. Preston (1986), 23 Ohio St.3d 64, and the judgment of conviction of the trial court is reinstated.
CELEBREZZE, C.J., SWEENEY, LOCHER, HOLMES, C. BROWN, DOUGLAS and WRIGHT, JJ., concur.