State v. Hopkins

Herbert Hopkins, Jr., appeals his conviction and sentence for first degree forcible sexual assault, after a bench trial in the district court for Adams County. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

In her Hastings home the victim, age 22, was babysitting a neighbor’s little girl on the night of August 17, 1984. After putting the neighbor’s child and victim’s two children to bed, the victim retired around 10 p.m., wearing pajamas and panties. The victim was later awakened by her neighbor knocking on the front door to pick up her child. After the neighbor and her child left, the victim…