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State v. Carrillo

Docket No. 20210223
Oral Argument: Monday, December 13, 2021 1:30 PM

Docket Info

Title
State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellant
v.
Damian Carrillo, Defendant and Appellee
Case Type
CRIMINAL APPEAL : DRUGS/CONTRABAND
Appeal From
Case No. 2021-CR-00634
Northeast Central Judicial District, Grand Forks County
John A. Thelen
2021 ND 239968 N.W.2d 134
Oral Argument 12/13/2021

Highlight

A preliminary hearing is not a trial on the merits, and the State must only produce sufficient evidence to satisfy the court that a crime has been committed and that the accused is probably guilty.

The district court’s role in a preliminary hearing is not a trier of fact, but its function is solely to determine the existence or absence of probable cause.

The State is not required to introduce results of a field test or the state lab at a preliminary hearing, and probable cause can be established through circumstantial evidence and officer testimony. The State need only produce sufficient evidence to warrant a person of reasonable caution to believe a crime has been committed and the accused probably committed the crime.

Briefs

Filing Date Description
10/19/2021 APPELLANT BRIEF View
11/15/2021 APPELLEE BRIEF View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLEE COURT APPOINTED Kiara Costa Kraus-Parr - 06688
APPELLANT ASST. STATE'S ATTORNEY Carmell Faye Mattison - 06052

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

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 08/10/2021 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 08/10/2021
2 08/10/2021 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 08/12/2021
3 08/11/2021 NOT. OF FILING NOT. OF APPEAL AND PROOF OF SERV.
4 08/11/2021 Notice served on Carmell F. Mattison & Rhiannon L. Gorham
5 08/12/2021 Sam Gereszek assigned as counsel for Damian Carrillo
6 08/23/2021 Kiara Kraus-Parr assigned as counsel for Damian Carrillo
7 09/09/2021 ELEC. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 (ENTRY NOS.1-10, 13-35, 37-54 & 56-77)
8 09/14/2021 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JULY 12, 2021
9 09/14/2021 TRANSCRIPT C.O.S.
10 09/30/2021 1ST ELEC. SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 (ENTRY NOS.78-82)
11 10/19/2021 APPELLANT BRIEF View
12 10/19/2021 Oral Argument Request by Appellant
13 10/19/2021 Rec'd Written Consent of Carmell F. Mattison for Dierra Diegel, Law Student
14 10/21/2021 Rec'd ATA & non-substantive corrections to ATB
15 10/21/2021 APPELLANT APPENDIX
16 10/25/2021 Rec'd 3 copies of ATB and 2 copies of ATA back from CD
17 11/15/2021 APPELLEE BRIEF View
18 11/15/2021 Oral Argument Request by Appellee
19 11/16/2021 Rec'd AEB from CSD
20 11/24/2021 NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT
21 12/13/2021 APPEARANCES: Carmell F. Mattison; Kiara C. Kraus-Parr
22 12/13/2021 ARGUED: Carmell F. Mattison; Kiara C. Kraus-Parr
23 12/13/2021 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
24 12/23/2021 DISPOSITION View
25 12/23/2021 UNANIMOUS OPINION : McEvers, Lisa K. Fair View
26 12/23/2021 Judgment View
27 01/14/2022 MANDATE