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State v. Gomez

Docket No. 20100100
Oral Argument: Monday, November 29, 2010 1:30pm

Docket Info

Title
State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
Ciro Gomez, Defendant and Appellant
Case Type
CRIMINAL APPEAL : SEXUAL OFFENSE
Appeal From
Case No. 09-K-00006
Northeast Judicial District, Walsh County
M. Richard Geiger
2011 ND 29793 N.W.2d 451
Oral Argument 11/29/2010

Highlight

The use of special verdicts or general verdicts with special interrogatories is disfavored in criminal cases and the rules of criminal procedure generally do not provide for special verdicts or interrogatories.
Sexual contact, as defined in N.D.C.C. 12.1-20-02(5), includes any touching, whether through clothing or other covering, of the sexual parts of the person. The language of the statute does not limit sexual contact to any touching of the sexual parts of a child.
A criminal defendant has a constitutional right to a jury trial with an impartial jury selected from a representative cross-section of the community.
To establish a prima facie violation of the fair-cross-section requirement, a defendant must show that there was an underrepresentation of a distinctive group in jury venires and that the underrepresentation was due to systemic exclusion of the group in the jury-selection process.
A punishment in a non-capital case that is grossly disproportionate to the offense is cruel and unusual punishment.


Briefs

Filing Date Description
08/04/2010 APPELLANT BRIEF (e-filed) View
09/28/2010 APPELLEE BRIEF & Addendum (e-filed) (PDF) View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLANT COURT APPOINTED Kent M Morrow - 03503
APPELLEE STATE'S ATTORNEY Barbara L Whelan - 05039

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

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 03/30/2010 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 03/30/2010
2 03/30/2010 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 03/30/2010
3 04/01/2010 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF OTR & RETENTION OF RECORD ON APPEAL : 05/19/2010
4 04/06/2010 Notice of Assignment of Kent M. Morrow to replace Gretchen Handy as counsel for AT
5 04/27/2010 RECORD ON APPEAL and Separates
6 05/18/2010 MOT. EXT/TIME TRANSCRIPT
7 05/18/2010 ACTION BY TRIAL COURT (MTR) - Granted : 05/31/2010
8 05/24/2010 Supplemental Clerk's Certificate of Record dated May 20, 2010 (Entry Nos. 158-160).
9 05/26/2010 TRANSCRIPTS DATED 1/6/09 & 2/11/09, 4/21/09, 8/31/09, 9/8/09, 10/23/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09,
10 05/26/2010 10/29/09, 10/30/09, 3/16/10 AND C.O.S.
11 05/27/2010 DISK-TRA (1/6/09 & 2/11/09, 4/21/09, 8/31/09, 9/8/09, 10/23/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09,
12 05/27/2010 10/29/09 & 10/30/09 (e-mailed)
13 06/01/2010 DISK-TRA (3/16/10) E-MAILED
14 06/28/2010 MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF (e-filed)
15 06/28/2010 E-FILED MOTION (MAT)
16 06/29/2010 ACTION BY CLERK (MAT) - Granted : 08/04/2010
17 08/04/2010 APPELLANT BRIEF (e-filed) View
18 08/04/2010 E-FILED BRIEF (ATB)
19 08/04/2010 APPELLANT APPENDIX (e-filed)
20 08/04/2010 E-FILED APPENDIX (ATA)
21 08/05/2010 Received surcharge for ATB (Receipt #19756)
22 08/10/2010 Received 7 copies of ATB from CSD
23 08/10/2010 Received 6 copies of ATA from CSD
24 08/30/2010 MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLEE BRIEF
25 08/30/2010 ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 09/28/2010
26 09/28/2010 APPELLEE BRIEF & Addendum (e-filed) (PDF) View
27 09/28/2010 E-FILED BRIEF (AEB) (PDF)
28 09/30/2010 Received $25 surcharge for AEB (Receipt #19989)
29 09/30/2010 Received 7 copies of AEB from CSD
30 10/18/2010 NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT
31 11/29/2010 APPEARANCES: Kent M. Morrow; Barbara L. Whelan
32 11/29/2010 ARGUED: Kent M. Morrow; Barbara L. Whelan
33 11/29/2010 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
34 02/08/2011 DISPOSITION
35 02/08/2011 UNANIMOUS OPINION : Crothers, Daniel John View
36 02/09/2011 Corrected/Substitute Opinion Page 7
37 02/09/2011 Judgment Sent to Parties
38 03/02/2011 MANDATE
39 03/08/2011 RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE
40 02/15/2021 EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed