Bergner v. State

397 N.E.2d 1012 (1979)

Lester BERGNER, Appellant-Defendant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff.

No. 3-379A85.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fourth District.

December 12, 1979.

Rehearing Denied February 19, 1980.

Paul J. Giorgi, P.C., Merrillville, for appellant-defendant.

Theo. L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Rollin E. Thompson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee-plaintiff.

CHIPMAN, Judge.

Following a jury trial in the Lake Superior Court appellant Lester Bergner was convicted of sodomizing[1] his four-year old daughter. His appeal challenges the trial court's rulings on the admissibility of…