S-20-0877 State of Nebraska v. Marvin L. Wood (Appellant).
Hall County District Court, Hon. Andrew C. Butler
Attorneys: Nathan A. Liss (Office of the Attorney General, for Appellee)–Robert W. Alexander (Hall County Public Defender’s Office, for Appellant)
Criminal: First Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Proceedings below: Following a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of first-degree sexual assault of a child and sentenced.
Issues on appeal: Appellant assigns that the district court erred in 1) denying his motion for appointment of a DNA expert; 2) refusing to allow Appellant to refresh the victim’s recollection using a recording of her forensic interview; and 3) prohibiting him from asking with an out-of-court declarant was a convicted felon. Appellant also specifically assigns several ways in which his trial counsel was ineffective.