Supreme Court of New Jersey February 21, 1990 (State v. La France)

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

O’HERN, J.

This case, like

State v. Masino,

94

N.J.

436 (1983), concerns the scope of the statutory definition of kidnapping set forth in our Code of Criminal Justice,

N.J.S.A.

2C:13-1.

Masino

considered whether the substantial distance requirement for asportation or movement of a kidnapping victim was to be measured in linear or in qualitative terms.