Opinion by Judge TAUBMAN.
In this appeal by defendant, Gary Torkelson, the threshold issue is whether the county court judge who accepted the jury's verdict had jurisdiction to do so in the absence of the assigned district court judge. We conclude that he did not, reverse defendant's conviction, and remand for a new trial.
In July 1997, defendant directly appealed his conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of sexual assault on a child by...
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