State v. Brown
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of sexual abuse of children for sending text messages to his stepdaughter encouraging her to engage in sexual activity if he agreed to pay her cellular phone bill, holding that there was no reversible error in any of Defendant's claims.
Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1) the district court did not abuse its discretion when it refused to give Defendant's proposed jury instruction that a violation of privacy in communications was a lesser-included offense of sexual abuse of children; (2) there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction; and (3) the district court's interpretation and application of the sentencing statutes were correct.
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