Legal Opinion

State v. Skaro

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided August 16, 1991No. Cr. 900229PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

Peter M. Skaro (Skaro) was convicted by a jury of committing gross sexual imposition and was sentenced to the State Penitentiary for a term of ten years. Skaro has appealed from an order denying his motion for a new trial and from an order denying his request for relief under the Uniform Post-Conviction Procedure Act, Chapter 29-32.1, N.D.C.C.1 We affirm both orders.

Skaro was charged with the crime of gross sexual imposition by “knowingly engaging in sexual contact” with his nine-year old stepdaughter, Ann [a pseudonym],2 between June and November 1989, in violation…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Pullman-Standard v. SwintSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. State v. MotskoNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
  5. State v. McLainNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Abdi v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2000
  2. State v. FosterNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
  3. DeCoteau v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2000
  4. State v. RaulstonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Lange v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994

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