State v. Jenkins

SAND, Justice.

The defendant, Fred Jenkins (Jenkins), after a bench trial in Ward County district court, was convicted of the offense of gross sexual imposition in violation of North Da kota Century Code § 12.1-20-03(2). 1 He appealed.

Jenkins’ conviction was based primarily upon the testimony of three witnesses, Linda Heilman, a child abuse and neglect investigator for the Ward County Social Service office, the victim’s mother, and the victim, a nine-year-old girl.

Linda Heilman testified at trial that her office received a child abuse report on 2 February 1982 indicating that Jenkins had…