People v. Eid
Annotate this CaseDefendants Reynaldo Junior Eid and Alaor Docarmo Oliveira were charged in an amended information with two counts of kidnapping for ransom, which is punishable by life in prison. A jury found Defendants guilty of the lesser included crimes of attempted extortion and misdemeanor false imprisonment. The trial court sentenced Defendants to four years and six months in custody. Defendants argued on appeal that they could not be convicted of two lesser included offenses of a single greater offense. The court of appeals agreed with Defendants and struck Defendants’ convictions for misdemeanor false imprisonment, thus reducing each Defendant’s sentence to two years and six months. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the jury may convict on more than one uncharged lesser included offense of a single charged greater offense.
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