State v. Ramos

BAKES, Chief Justice.

The State charged defendant Ramos with two counts of lewd conduct with a minor under age sixteen. The jury returned a verdict finding Ramos guilty on both counts. Ramos filed two separate motions for new trial. One argued that he had been improperly denied use of his peremp*569tory challenges. The other alleged that newly discovered evidence entitled him to a new trial. The district court denied both motions. Ramos appeals from the denials.

On October 19,1987, Carol Schrader took her two daughters, Johanna and Shandi, 14 and 13 years old, to a psychologist at the Department of…