In order to prove the crime of kidnapping cases, the prosecutor must prove the following three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
- The accused person forcibly abducted the alleged victim against his or her will.
- The accused person had no lawful authority to do so.
- The accused person acted with the intent to hold the alleged victim for ransom or reward or as a shield or hostage.
In order to be kidnapping cases the abduction:
- must not be slight, inconsequential, or merely incidental to the felony crime;
- must not be of the kind inherent in the nature of the felony crime; and
- must have some significance independent of the felony crime in that it makes that crime substantially easier of commission or substantially lessens the risk of detection.