State v. Dziggel

JACOBSON, Judge.

The questions raised by this appeal are whether defendant was deprived of a preliminary hearing and whether the trial court committed reversible error by refusing the defendant’s requested instruction on prior inconsistent statements.

The defendant was charged by information with two counts of rape in the second degree and one count of assault with the intent to commit rape. The information was based on a complaint filed by the defendant’s 15-year-old foster daughter. The defendant was convicted, the imposition of sentence was suspended, and he was placed on probation for seven…