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State v. Paul

Docket No. 20080292
Oral Argument: Thursday, April 9, 2009 1:30pm

Docket Info

Title
State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
Wilson Grant Paul, Sr. Defendant and Appellant
Case Type
CRIMINAL APPEAL : SEXUAL OFFENSE
Appeal From
Case No. 08-K-0242
East Central Judicial District, Cass County
Steven L. Marquart
2009 ND 120769 N.W.2d 416
Oral Argument 4/9/2009

Highlight

The decision to admit expert testimony is discretionary with the district court.
A district court must make explicit findings and explain its reasoning for its decision when considering the trustworthiness of a child's out-of-court hearsay statements about sexual abuse.
Evidence of prior sexual abuse of a victim of the charged crime is not evidence of wholly separate and independent crimes, and is not evidence of "other crimes" for purposes of N.D.R.Ev. 404(b).
Uncharged prior acts of sexual abuse between the defendant and the same victim are admissible under the exceptions to N.D.R.Ev. 404(b).
The uncorroborated testimony of a child is sufficient to sustain a conviction of a sexual offense.

Briefs

Filing Date Description
02/09/2009 APPELLANT BRIEF (e-filed) PDF View
03/11/2009 APPELLEE BRIEF View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLANT COURT APPOINTED Monty Grant Mertz - 03778
APPELLEE ASST. STATE'S ATTORNEY Leah Jo Viste - 05692

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

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 11/12/2008 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 11/10/2008
2 11/12/2008 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 11/10/2008
3 12/10/2008 RECORD ON APPEAL & SEPARATES (ENTRY NOS. 28, 39, & 40-49).
4 12/11/2008 Not received w/ROA were court reporter tapes/notes (entry nos. 6, 12, 13, 55-60, and 68).
5 12/16/2008 TRANSCRIPTS DATED 1/22/08, 2/21/08, AND 10/3/08
6 12/16/2008 DISK-tra (1/22/08, 2/21/08, AND 10/3/08) e-mailed
7 12/17/2008 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE OF COPIES OF TRANSCRIPTS.
8 01/02/2009 MOT. EXT/TIME TRANSCRIPT (Catherine Jorgensen)
9 01/02/2009 ACTION BY TRIAL COURT (MTR) - Granted : 12/31/2009
10 12/31/2008 TRANSCRIPTS DATED 4/16/08, 5/2/08, 5/5/08, 5/6/08, 5/7/08, & 5/8/08
11 12/31/2008 Disk of transcripts dated 4/16/08, 5/2/08, 5/5/08, 5/6/08, 5/7/08, & 5/8/08
12 02/09/2009 APPELLANT BRIEF (e-filed) PDF View
13 02/09/2009 E-FILED BRIEF (ATB) PDF
14 02/09/2009 APPELLANT APPENDIX (e-filed) PDF
15 02/09/2009 E-FILED APPENDIX (ATA) PDF
16 02/11/2009 Received 7 copies of ATB from Central Duplicating
17 02/11/2009 Received 6 copies of ATA from Central Duplicating
18 02/26/2009 Payment for $25 surcharge through inter-departmental billing; journal entry 742332
19 03/11/2009 E-FILED BRIEF - AEB
20 03/11/2009 APPELLEE BRIEF View
21 03/18/2009 Received $25 surcharge for AEB
22 03/23/2009 Received copies of AEB from CSD
23 04/09/2009 APPEARANCES: Monty G. Mertz/Leah J. Viste, Asst. State's Attny.
24 04/09/2009 ARGUED: Mertz/Viste
25 04/09/2009 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
26 07/09/2009 DISPOSITION
27 07/09/2009 UNANIMOUS OPINION : Maring, Mary Muehlen View
28 07/09/2009 Concur in the result : VandeWalle, Gerald W.
29 08/05/2009 MANDATE
30 08/11/2009 RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE
31 10/19/2020 EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed