Legal Opinion
State v. Sievers
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 13, 1996No. Criminal 950179PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESCHKE, Justice.
Philip Sievers appealed from an order denying his motion for a new trial after a jury found him guilty of two counts of gross sexual imposition. We hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Siev-ers’s motion for a new trial, and we affirm the order.
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Sievers was charged with two counts of gross sexual imposition under NDCC 12.1-20 — 03(l)(d) 1 for allegedly engaging in two sexual acts with his ten-year old stepdaughter, Nell (a pseudonym), between August 15 and September 30,1992. Count one charged Sievers with “committing a sexual act by causing sexual…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- United States v. MerosCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- State v. AshNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
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