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STATE v. MESSNER

Criminal No. 980040.

583 N.W.2d 109 (1998)

1998 ND 151

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Kevin MESSNER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

August 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence P. Devine, State's Attorney, Lakota, for plaintiff and appellee.

Richard Edward Edinger, Moorhead, for defendant and appellant.

MESCHKE, Justice.

[¶ 1] Kevin Messner appealed a criminal judgment on jury verdicts finding him guilty of two counts of gross sexual imposition. We hold the trial court did not breach the Confrontation Clause nor abuse its discretion in admitting statements by a five-year-old victim to an interviewer and in allowing related evidence. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] On May 3, 1996, the mother of five-year-old A.M. contacted the sheriff of Nelson County...

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