State v. James Cudd

¶1 James Bradley Cudd, Sr., (Cudd) appeals from his conviction in the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Big Horn County, for committing the offense of Sexual Intercourse without Consent in violation of § 45-5-503, MCA. We affirm and restate Cudd’s sole issue on appeal as follows:

¶2 Did the District Court abuse its discretion by denying Cudd’s challenge for cause of a juror whose daughter had been the victim of sexual violence?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 The State charged Cudd with Sexual Intercourse without Consent, alleging that Cudd engaged in a continual sexual relationship…