State v. Baldeagle

In this criminal case, defendant appeals a judgment of conviction on two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, raising two assignments of error: (1) that the trial court erred in permitting the state to prove that he committed the crimes on dates different from those stated in the indictment; and (2) that the trial court erred in failing to grant a motion for mistrial based on juror misconduct. We affirm.

Defendant’s convictions stem from events concerning one of his daughters. In March 1995, defendant’s eight-year old daughter wrote in her journal that defendant had “been nasty” to her…