Nebraska Supreme Court· 1/11/1985

State v. Craig

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361 N.W.2d 206
219 Neb. 70
1985 Neb. LEXIS 884

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holding that evidence of fifteen previous incidents in which defendant had disrobed adopted daughter made implausible his claim that disrobing and inappropriate touching was accidental in course of playfulness
holding that evidence of fifteen previous incidents in which defendant had disrobed adopted daughter made implausible his claim that disrobing and inappropriate touching was accidental in course of playfulness
indicating that time consumed in obtaining depositions at request of defendant, in absence of impermissible conduct by state delaying depositions, should be excluded
“In a bench trial of a criminal case, the court, as the ‘trier of fact,’ is the sole judge of the credibility of witnesses and the weight to be given to their testimony”
“In a bench trial of a criminal case, the court, as the ‘trier of fact,’ is the sole judge of the credibility of witnesses and the weight to be given to their testimony”
evidence of other acts committed by defendant upon victim were relevant and admissible

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Judges: Krivosha, Boslaugh, White, Hastings, Caporale, Shanahan, Colwell

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