Opinion ID: 1673800
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Heading: People v Lynn

Text: On June 22, 1977, defendant was found guilty of one count of kidnapping, MCL 750.349; MSA 28.581, and one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, MCL 750.520b; MSA 28.788(2). On July 7, 1977, he was sentenced to concurrent terms of life imprisonment. Defendant now appeals as of right. At trial, Tammy Trombley, the 10-1/2-year-old complainant, testified that on the night of February 24, 1977, she was home with her 13-year-old brother. At approximately 8:30 p.m., a man, later identified as defendant, came to their apartment and asked to use the phone. After obtaining admittance to the premises he brandished a knife and took some money from the complainant's brother. The complainant's preliminary examination testimony, which was read at trial, also established that the defendant had also taken a ring from the apartment. The complainant testified that after the robbery defendant carried her to a nearby apartment. At this time he forced her to engage in fellatio and unsuccessfully attempted to engage in sexual intercourse with her. People v Lynn, 91 Mich App 117; 283 NW2d 664 (1979). The Court of Appeals reversed defendant's conviction of kidnapping and remanded for a new trial because the trial court erroneously charged the jury that the asportation needed to establish the kidnapping charge could be incidental to the commission of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.