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State v. Tollefson

Docket No. 20020197
Oral Argument: Friday, February 14, 2003 1:30pm

Docket Info

Title
State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
Bruce Charles Tollefson, Defendant and Appellant
Case Type
CRIMINAL APPEAL : DRUGS/CONTRABAND
Appeal From
Case No. 01-K-3576
East Central Judicial District, Cass County
John Charles Irby
2003 ND 73660 N.W.2d 575
Oral Argument 2/14/2003

Highlight

An officer who reasonably believes a suspect may have a weapon in his pocket, but who is unable to determine with certainty whether the object is a weapon during a pat-down search, acts reasonably by reaching into the pocket to recover the object.

Briefs

Filing Date Description
10/23/2002 APPELLANT BRIEF View
12/20/2002 APPELLEE BRIEF View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLANT PRIVATE PRACTICE C Charles Chinquist - 03027
APPELLEE ASST. STATE'S ATTORNEY Tracy Jo Peters - 05432

(Note: Attachments may not be available for recently filed cases and/or confidential documents.)

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 08/01/2002 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 07/29/2002
2 08/01/2002 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 07/29/2002
3 08/26/2002 RETENTION OF RECORD ON APPEAL (Vicky Matthys) : 09/17/2002
4 09/16/2002 TRANSCRIPT DATED February 13, 2002
5 09/16/2002 DISK - TRA of Feb. 13, 02
6 09/18/2002 RECORD ON APPEAL w/separate 22 (transcript dated January 3, 2002)
7 09/18/2002 (not rec'd - entries 4, 14, 17, 28, 30, 33, 57)
8 10/23/2002 APPELLANT BRIEF View
9 10/23/2002 APPELLANT APPENDIX
10 10/24/2002 DISK - ATB
11 11/18/2002 MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLEE BRIEF; AFFIDAVIT
12 11/18/2002 ACTION BY CLERK (MAE, w/understanding OA will be heard in Jan. 03) - Granted : 12/20/2002
13 12/20/2002 APPELLEE BRIEF View
14 12/23/2002 DISK - AEB
15 02/14/2003 APPEARANCES: C. Charles Chinquist; Tracy J. Peters
16 02/14/2003 ARGUED: Chinquist; Peters (Vol. Y; Page 89)
17 02/14/2003 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
18 04/22/2003 Supplemental Clerk's Certificate dated April 17, 2003 (Nos. 72 & 73)
19 04/24/2003 Supplemental Clerk's Certificate dated April 23, 2003 (Entry Nos. 71 & 74)
20 05/06/2003 DISPOSITION
21 05/06/2003 UNANIMOUS OPINION : Maring, Mary Muehlen View
22 05/07/2003 Order/Judgment Mailed to Parties
23 05/28/2003 MANDATE
24 06/02/2003 RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE
25 08/07/2008 EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed