refuge with Neighbor. See id. Thus, Sanchez's recapture of A.J. and his dragging her down the hallway and back inside their apartment was not "slight, inconsequential and merely incidental" to the assault. See Finlayson, 2000 UT 10, ¶ 23, 994 P.2d 1248 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Neither was Sanchez's movement of the victim "inherent in the nature" of the assault. See id. (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Indeed, it appears that Sanchez's motivation in taking A.J. back to their own apartment was to remove her from any help that Neighbor was trying to offer. As in the very similar circumstances of Lee, these actions made it easier for Sanchez to commit the second assault. See 2006 UT 5, ¶ 34, 128 P.3d 1179; Finlayson, 2000 UT 10, ¶ 23, 994 P.2d 1243 (<HOLDING>). 113 Sanchez argues that relocating A.J. did
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