State Wisconsin v. C.V.C

C.V.C. 1 appeals from judgments convicting him of false imprisonment, attempted second-degree sexual assault and two counts of second-degree sexual assault. C.V.C. was sentenced to a total of twenty-five years in prison, with the last ten years of the sentence stayed and probation ordered. On appeal, C.V.C. argues that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction for false imprisonment because the victim could have left the imprisonment scene on several occasions. We conclude that the victim was not required to take steps dangerous to herself or offensive to a reasonable sense of decency or personal dignity to free herself in order for the state to prove restraint or confinement on C.V.C.'s part. Because the evidence demonstrates that these conditions existed, the jury's determination that the victim was restrained or confined is upheld.