State v. Hall

This is a filiation proceeding tried to a jury. The jury concluded the defendant was not the father of the complaining witness’ child. The trial court denied the state’s post trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict but granted its alternative motion for new trial.

The defendant appeals from the order granting a new trial and the state cross-appeals from that portion of the order denying judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

The challenged order, in pertinent part, reads:

[A]nd the Court finding that the filiation proceeding is in the nature of a civil action, and that there is no…