authorized to find the defendant william r. bryan guilty of the lesser and should so indicate on the verdict form. continuing with the charges set forth in the indictment. a person commits the offense of false imprisonment when, in violation of the personal lib esche ti of another, he arrests, confines, or detains such person without legal authority. a person commits criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment when, with intent to commit false imprisonment, that person performs any act that constitutes a substantial step toward the commission of the crime of false imprisonment, which has been previously defined for you. now, ladies and gentlemen, i charge you that where, as here in count seven and nine of the indictment, the state alleges that the defendants committed a crime in more than one way, the state need not prove that the defendants committed the crime in each way charged.