(a) Any person who, without legal justification or defense, abducts or induces any minor child who is at least four years younger than the person to leave any person, agency, or institution lawfully entitled to the child's custody, placement, or care shall be guilty of a Class F felony.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any public officer or employee in the performance of his or her duty. (1879, c. 81; Code, s. 973; Rev., s. 3358; C.S., s. 4223; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1144; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 745, s. 1.)
§ 14-42: Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 539, s. 1358.2.
§ 14-43: Repealed by Session Laws 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 767, s. 29(2).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
20
cases, 1944–2020 · leading case:
State v. Diaz, 831 S.E.2d 532 (N.C. 2019).
State v. Diaz, 831 S.E.2d 532 (N.C. 2019).
· cites it 12× “On 14 September 2015, defendant was indicted for: (1) one count of abduction of a child under N.C.G.S. § 14-41 ; (2) three counts of statutory rape under then N.”
State v. Zuniga, 357 S.E.2d 898 (N.C. 1987).
· cites it 3× “18 (1986) (promoting prostitution of a minor); N.C.G.S. § 14-318.2 (1986) (child abuse); N.”
State v. Diaz, 808 S.E.2d 450 (N.C. Ct. App. 2017).
· cites it 6× “N.C.G.S. § 14-41 (2015). The statutory rape offenses require the State to prove Defendant was "more than four but less than six years older" than Julie at the time of the offenses.”
State v. Arrington, 741 S.E.2d 453 (N.C. Ct. App. 2013).
· cites it 5× “Abduction of children, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-41 (2005), is specifically included in the definition of an “offense against a minor.”
State v. Stanley, 697 S.E.2d 389 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 4× “Background On 30 April 2002, defendant was convicted for three counts of abduction of children pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-41 ; these convictions are not the subject of this appeal.”
State v. Morrell, 424 S.E.2d 147 (N.C. Ct. App. 1993).
· cites it 3× “4 (1986), one count of abduction of a child, N.C.G.S. § 14-41 (1986), two counts of first degree rape, N.”
State v. Walker, 241 S.E.2d 89 (N.C. Ct. App. 1978).
· cites it 3× “In North Carolina the criminal offense of child abduction is set out in G.S. 14-41 as follows: § 14-41. Abduction of children.”
State v. Sakobie, 598 S.E.2d 615 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004).
“14-39 (kidnapping), G.S. 14-41 (abduction of children), and G.”
State v. Thomas, 741 S.E.2d 384 (N.C. Ct. App. 2013).
“14-39 (kidnapping), G.S. 14-41 (abduction of children), and G.”
State v. Lalinde, 750 S.E.2d 868 (N.C. Ct. App. 2013).
· cites it 2× “” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-41 (a) (2011). It is “not necessary for the State to show she was carried away by force, but evidence of fraud, persuasion, or other inducement exercising controlling influence upon the child’s conduct would be sufficient to sustain a conviction” for this…”
State v. Smith, 687 S.E.2d 525 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010).
“14-39 (kidnapping), G.S. 14-41 (abduction of children), and G.”
State v. Sims, 720 S.E.2d 398 (N.C. Ct. App. 2011).
“14-39 (kidnapping), G.S. 14-41 (abduction of children), and G.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-41(a) — 1 case
State v. Diaz, 831 S.E.2d 532 (N.C. 2019).
“On 14 September 2015, defendant was indicted for: (1) one count of abduction of a child under N.C.G.S. § 14-41 ; (2) three counts of statutory rape under then N.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.