State v. Vanderford
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court finding Defendant guilty, after a bench trial, of exploiting a vulnerable adult in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. 28-386 and sentencing her to five years' probation, holding that there was no error or abuse of discretion.
After a bench trial, Defendant, a licensed attorney, was convicted of exploitation of a vulnerable adult. The Supreme Court affirmed on appeal, holding (1) there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction; (2) there was no merit to Defendant's argument that the State failed to prove the requisite criminal intent to convict her of exploiting a vulnerable adult; (3) there was nothing in the court's sentencing remarks that contradicted or undermined its prior verdict finding Defendant guilty; and (4) even if the trial court's conclusions of law were not as detailed as Defendant would have liked, that did not provide a basis for reversible error.
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