State v. Bergevine

OPINION

Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

A father unexpectedly returned home to discover his neighbor performing depraved and loathsome acts upon his seventeen-month-old daughter. Exercising remarkable restraint in light of his expertise in the martial arts, the father resisted any impulse to do physical harm and called 911 instead. The neighbor, John Bergevine (defendant), now appeals from his conviction by a jury of one count of first-degree child molestation for which he received a sentence of life imprisonment. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we affirm the judgment of conviction.

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