State v. Ayers

Defendant was convicted in district court of having sexual intercourse with a child, Minn. St. 609.295(2), and taking indecent liberties with a child, Minn. St. 609.296, subd. 2, and was sentenced to a maximum indeterminate term of 20 years’ imprisonment. He contends on this appeal from judgment of conviction and from an order denying his motion for a new trial that the trial court, acting as trier of fact, did not apply the appropriate standard of proof and that there was insufficient evidence to convict him of sexual intercourse with a child. We affirm.

With respect to the first issue, it is…