State v. Smuda

LEVINE, Justice.

Richard Smuda appeals from a judgment of conviction, entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of gross sexual imposition. We affirm.

The victim testified that she agreed to ride with Smuda, a friend whom she had known for more than a year, from Fargo to visit Smuda’s relatives at a farm near Buffalo. They arrived at the farm late in the evening, and, finding no one there, decided to drive to another farm a short distance away. As they were driving on a rural dirt road, Smuda stopped the car to smoke a cigarette. He then removed a knife from the glove compartment and told…