Supreme Court opinions: Oct. 3 Friday, October 4, 2019
The Supreme Court has issued 12 new opinions. Summaries of the non-per curiam opinions are below.
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State v. Tyler 2019 ND 246 Highlight: When a party moves for a mistrial because of an unavailable witness who already testified and neither party is at fault, the movant must make an offer of proof to provide a record of what additional testimony the witness would provide and why the additional testimony is material. |
Trulson, et al. v. Meiers, et al. 2019 ND 243 Highlight: Whether there was delivery of a deed is a question of fact. |
Brock v. Price, et al. 2019 ND 240 Highlight: A district court may revise any non-final order before entry of a final judgment and has discretion to extend deadlines in its scheduling order before trial. |
State v. Smith 2019 ND 239 Highlight: A defendant’s failure to object at trial to character evidence or evidence of alleged prior bad acts under N.D.R.Ev. 404 forfeits the claim of error. |
State v. Vogt 2019 ND 236 Highlight: A defendant seeking post-conviction relief cannot circumvent the Uniform Postconviction Procedure Act by designating his application for post-conviction relief as a motion under a rule of criminal procedure or by filing his motion in his criminal file, rather than filing an application for post-conviction relief. |