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State v. Sevigny

Docket No. 20050315
Oral Argument: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:30am

Docket Info

Title
State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
Alan Daniel Sevigny, Defendant and Appellant
Case Type
CRIMINAL APPEAL : SEXUAL OFFENSE
Appeal From
Case No. 04-K-00514
Northeast Judicial District, Pembina County
Laurie A. Fontaine
2006 ND 211722 N.W.2d 515
Oral Argument 6/30/2006

Highlight

Evidence of an alibi defense may be excluded if a defendant fails to give sufficient notice of his intent to present evidence of an alibi.
A defendant has a right to give testimony about an alibi, even if the defendant fails to give notice of the defense and all alibi evidence is excluded.
A district court must make sufficient findings of fact when admitting or excluding testimony about a child's out-of-court statements about sexual abuse.
A district court has wide discretion over the mode and order of interrogating witnesses and presenting evidence.
Intentional disobedience of a court order constitutes contempt.

Briefs

Filing Date Description
03/23/2006 APPELLANT BRIEF (e-filed) (PDF) View
05/23/2006 APPELLEE BRIEF View
06/06/2006 REPLY BRIEF View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLEE SPEC. ASST. STATE'S ATTY. Barbara L Whelan - 05039

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

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 09/12/2005 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 09/08/2005
2 09/12/2005 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 09/08/2005
3 10/06/2005 RECORD ON APPEAL (2 Vol.) and separates including PSI
4 10/13/2005 MOT. EXT/TIME TRANSCRIPT (letter from Anita Schwartz)
5 10/13/2005 ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 11/23/2005
6 11/22/2005 MOT. EXT/TIME TRANSCRIPT (letter from Anita Schwartz dated 11-20-05)
7 11/22/2005 ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE - Granted : 12/15/2005
8 12/13/2005 TRANSCRIPTS DATED December 3, 2004, December 6, 2004, Dec. 8, 2004, March 28, 2005, March 31, 2005,
9 12/13/2005 April 8, 2005, April 11, 2005, April 19, 2005, April 25, 2005, April 26, 2005, April 27, 2005,
10 12/13/2005 April 28, 2005, April 29, 2005, August 10, 2005, January 14, 2005
11 12/15/2005 DISK - Compact Disk w/14 complete transcripts (August 10 is not complete)
12 12/21/2005 Affidavit of Mailing (transcript/15 volumes)
13 01/17/2006 MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF & Affidavit in Support
14 01/17/2006 E-FILED MOTION (MAT)
15 01/17/2006 ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 02/21/2006
16 02/09/2006 MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF & Affidavit in Support (E-filed)
17 02/09/2006 E-FILED MOTION (MAT)
18 02/09/2006 ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE - Granted : 03/23/2006
19 03/23/2006 APPELLANT BRIEF (e-filed) (PDF) View
20 03/23/2006 E-FILED BRIEF (ATB)
21 03/23/2006 APPELLANT APPENDIX (e-filed)
22 03/23/2006 E-FILED APPENDIX (ATA)
23 03/28/2006 Received $25 surcharge (Receipt #16810)
24 04/03/2006 Copies of ATB received from Central Duplicating
25 04/03/2006 Copies of ATA received from Central Duplicating
26 04/18/2006 MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLEE BRIEF (faxed)
27 04/18/2006 E-FILED MOTION (MAE)
28 04/18/2006 ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 05/23/2006
29 05/23/2006 APPELLEE BRIEF View
30 05/23/2006 E-FILED BRIEF (aeb)
31 05/26/2006 Request for Radio/TV Coverage - AP (e-mail dated May 26, 2006, from Dale Wetzel) (approved)
32 05/31/2006 Received $25 surcharge for AEB (Receipt #16881)
33 05/26/2006 Copies of AEB made
34 06/06/2006 REPLY BRIEF View
35 06/06/2006 E-FILED BRIEF (RYB (efiled--pdf))
36 06/30/2006 APPEARANCES: Jay D. Knudson; Barbara L. Whelan
37 06/30/2006 ARGUED: Knudson; Whelan
38 06/30/2006 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
39 10/17/2006 DISPOSITION
40 10/17/2006 UNANIMOUS OPINION : Kapsner, Carol Ronning View
41 10/17/2006 Judgment Mailed to Parties
42 11/08/2006 MANDATE
43 11/13/2006 RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE
44 01/12/2016 EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed