Heick v. Erickson

NEUMANN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Chad Heick appealed from a district court order denying his motion for a writ of certiorari, claiming the court exceeded its jurisdiction in finding probable cause to bind him over for trial on a charge of gross sexual imposition. We hold the trial court did not exceed its jurisdiction, and we affirm.

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[¶ 2] On June 21, 2000, Heick was living with his fiancee and her younger sister, the eleven-year-old victim in this case. Heick told an investigating officer that in the early morning hours of that day he masturbated in the same room that the victim was sleeping on a sofa…