State v. Ransom

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• noting that the defendant had been convicted of sexual abuse as a lesser-ineluded offense of lewd conduct
• noting that the defendant had been convicted of sexual abuse as a lesser-included offense of lewd conduct
• affirming the district court’s denial of new trial based on victim’s recantation where juvenile victim testified she was pressured by a family member to say that the sexual abuse had not occurred
• proper role of trial court in evaluating motion of continuance necessitates weighing competing interests of the State and defendant
• proper role of trial court in evaluating motion of continuance necessitates weighing competing interests of the State and defendant
• where the Supreme Court stated a new trial based on recanted testimony was allowed “if the defendant (1

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