State v. Waldbillig

In this consolidated criminal appeal, defendant challenges his convictions for second-degree kidnapping, coercion, and two counts each of first-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse.1 He asserts 10 assignments of error. We write to address only defendant’s second and third assignments of error, and reject the rest without written discussion.2

In his second assignment, defendant asserts that the trial court’s jury instructions failed to inform the jury that to convict defendant of first-degree sodomy, the state had to prove that he knowingly subjected the victim to forcible compulsion.…