People v. Gonzalez 

Illinois Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Kidnapping
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 108778
Decision Date: 
Friday, January 21, 2011
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co.
Holding: 
Appellate court reversed.
Justice: 
KILBRIDE
Defendant offered to hold a three-week-old infant while infant's father was completing paperwork at a medical clinic. Defendant then disappeared and was later found in a restricted area of a hospital, holding the infant which she had wrapped in a newly purchased baby towel. Defendant's conviction for offense of aggravated kidnapping was proper, as the element of secret confinement was satisfied by Defendant's actions which isolated the baby from the public, by passing the baby off as her own, even though she kept the baby in public view. "Secret confinement" is not limited to instances where the victim is clearly confined within a physical structure. (FREEMAN, THOMAS, GARMAN, KARMEIER, BURKER,and THEIS, concurring.)