State v. Sevigny

KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Alan Sevigny appeals from a criminal judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of two counts of gross sexual imposition. Sevigny claims the district court abused its discretion in excluding evidence of an alibi defense, admitting testimony about out-of-court statements of the child accusers, denying his request to alter the sequence of the State’s presentation of witnesses, and finding Sevigny’s attorney in contempt during closing arguments. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] On November 16, 2004, seven-year-old S.J.M. engaged in a conversation with her first grade teacher, Patricia…