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BERNER v. STATE

No. 17511.

765 P.2d 1144 (1988)

Edward Doran BERNER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 21, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender, Susan Deems Roske, Deputy Public Defender and R. Roger Hillman, Deputy Public Defender, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Brian McKay, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Rex A. Bell, Dist. Atty., James Tufteland, Deputy Atty. Gen. and George Assad, Deputy Atty. Gen., Las Vegas, for respondent.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

On August 20, 1985, eight-year-old Melissa told her stepmother that she had been sexually molested. She named Edward Doran Berner, the appellant, as her molester. Berner was subsequently arrested and tried before a jury. He was convicted of four counts of sexual assault of a minor and two counts of lewdness with a minor, and was sentenced to four consecutive life terms. For the reasons expressed in this opinion, the judgment is reversed...

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