Lorenzen v. State

In this post-conviction relief (PCR) case, the Court granted the State’s petition for certiorari to review the PCR judge’s decision granting relief with respect to Larry Lorenzen’s convictions for first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) with a minor and second-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) with a minor. We reverse.

FACTS

At trial, the following facts were established regarding the charges. The victim, who was fourteen years old at the time of trial, testified Lorenzen was a family friend who regularly spent time with her mother and often visited her father at his separate residence.…