People v. Lewis
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The Supreme Court reversed the court of the court of appeal reversing Defendant's conviction of rape and kidnapping to commit rape, holding that the court of appeals incorrectly found prejudicial instructional error.
On appeal, the court of appeal concluded that the trial court erred in instructing the jury that Defendant could be convicted of kidnapping to commit rape based on the theory that he accomplished the kidnapping by deception rather than by force or fear. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that because any rational juror who made the findings reflected in the verdict would necessarily have found that Defendant used some quantum of physical force to move the victim in this case, any error did not contribute to the verdict.
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