Legal Opinion
State v. Messner
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 18, 1998No. Criminal 980040PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESCHKE, Justice.
[¶ 1] Kevin Messner appealed a criminal judgment on jury verdicts finding him guilty of two counts of gross sexual imposition. We hold the trial court did not breach the Confrontation Clause nor abuse its discretion in admitting statements by a five-year-old victim to an interviewer and in allowing related evidence. We affirm.
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[¶ 2] On May 3, 1996, the mother of five-year-old A.M. contacted the sheriff of Nelson County to report her suspicions A.M. had been sexually abused. On several occasions, she had witnessed eight-year-old J.M. behaving inappropriately with little girls…
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