State v. Gorman

Sandy L. Gorman appeals her Douglas County Court conviction and 1-year jail sentence for abusing her 8-month-old daughter. The conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal to the Douglas County District Court. We reverse and grant a new trial.

Gorman’s five assignments of error can be consolidated to claim the district court erred in failing to (1) find the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction, (2) find that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction, and (3) submit an instruction to the jury setting forth the essential elements of the crime charged.

On December 11,…