State v. Brown

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

Gerald D. Brown appealed from a judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of the crime of gross sexual imposition, in violation of Section 12.1-20-03(2)(a), N.D.C.C. We affirm.

In March of 1986 Brown was staying at a motel in Bismarck, North Dakota, while recuperating from a broken-back injury suffered the year before. During this time Brown’s former wife ran errands for him and brought three of their children (two boys and one girl) to see Brown. On those occasions when the children spent the night with Brown, the two older boys (both…