Multistate Bar Examination Practice Question

Kidnapping under modern statutes generally requires (1) unlawfully restraining or confining a person by force, threat, or deception, and (2) either moving the victim a substantial distance or concealing the victim in a secret or isolated place. The scenario in which a suspect forces the victim into a van, transports the victim to an abandoned warehouse, and locks the victim inside satisfies both elements because the victim is forcibly moved to a secluded location and then confined. Each of the other scenarios lacks at least one essential element: locking a coworker in a break room involves no asportation; inviting a friend to a cabin lacks unlawful restraint because the friend consents to stay; and barricading a tenant in an apartment involves restraint but not movement to a new or secret place.