Harnetty v. State

FOX, Justice.

[¶1] Paul Michael Harnetty was an OB/GYN in Casper, Wyoming. A jury convicted him of sexually assaulting two of his patients. He contends that there was insufficient evidence to convict him, the district court erred when it denied his proposed theory of defense *370instruction, and the court erred when it denied his W.R.Cr.P. 34 motion for arrest of judgment. We affirm.

ISSUES

[¶2] We rephrase the issues as:

1. Did the State present sufficient evidence that Dr. Harnetty was in a "position of authority"?1

2. Did the district court err when it rejected Dr. Harnetty's proposed theory of…