State v. Goodhue

¶ 1. Defendant appeals from the district court’s judgment of conviction following a jury trial on charges of burglary, attempted sexual assault and kidnapping. Defendant challenges the court’s denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal on the sexual assault and kidnapping charges. We affirm the conviction for attempted sexual assault and reverse the conviction for kidnapping.

¶ 2. Twelve-year-old Amanda and her friend, thirteen-year-old Carolyn, were in the kitchen at Amanda’s family home when a strange man entered the kitchen through the back door and ordered Carolyn into the adjoining…