Is there any element of force, or fear, in the possession or carrying away of a person?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Bekele, 33 Cal.App.4th 1457, 39 Cal.Rptr.2d 797 (Cal. App. 1995):
2 The element of force or fear may occur either in the gaining of possession or, as here, in the carrying away. (People v. Cooper (1991) 53 Cal.3d 1158, 1165, fn. 8, 282 Cal.Rptr. 450, 811 P.2d 742.)
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