State v. Vance

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Timothy Vance, from a judgment of conviction finding him guilty of gross sexual imposition in violation of section 12.1-20-03(2)(a) of the North Dakota Century Code. We affirm.

With an Information dated February 1, 1994, the State charged Vance with eight counts of gross sexual imposition in violation of section 12.1 — 20—03(l)(d), NDCC, for engaging in a “sexual act” with a victim less than fifteen years old. At the close of the prosecution’s case on December 12,1994, the trial court, sitting without a jury, permitted the State to…