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State v. Pailing 2019 ND 283
Docket No.: 20190086
Filing Date: 12/12/2019
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Drugs/Contraband
Author: Crothers, Daniel John

Highlight: A district court did not violate the defendant’s due process rights or abuse its discretion in overruling the defendant’s objection and denying the motion for mistrial concerning the State’s anecdote during closing argument.

State Tax Commissioner v. Bosset 2019 ND 282
Docket No.: 20190185
Filing Date: 12/12/2019
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Tax Realted
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: A district court summary judgment is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(1), (6) and (7).

Wilber v. Scaff 2019 ND 281
Docket No.: 20190196
Filing Date: 12/12/2019
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Child Support
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: A district court judgment is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2) and (4).

Continental Resources v. N.D. Dep't. of Environmental Quality 2019 ND 280
Docket No.: 20190087
Filing Date: 11/26/2019
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Other
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

Highlight: Where the legislature has deferred to an administrative agency’s expertise to develop rules, and has declined to provide clear direction on the substance of the rules to be developed, the “purely legal question” exception to the exhaustion of administrative remedies does not apply.

Saastad v. Saastad 2019 ND 279
Docket No.: 20190082
Filing Date: 11/25/2019
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Child Support
Author: Tufte, Jerod E.

Highlight: A district court’s award of primary residential responsibility is a finding of fact, which will not be reversed on appeal unless it is clearly erroneous.

A district court’s decision on a motion for new trial or relief from judgment will not be reversed on appeal unless the district court abused its discretion.

A district court need not make findings of fact regarding financial need or ability to pay when ordering attorney’s fees as a sanction.

State v. Job 2019 ND 278
Docket No.: 20190116
Filing Date: 11/20/2019
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Assault
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

Highlight: A district court did not abuse its discretion in denying a motion to withdraw a guilty plea.

Matter of O.H.W. (CONFIDENTIAL) 2019 ND 277
Docket No.: 20190137
Filing Date: 11/20/2019
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Individual
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: A district court’s order denying a petition for discharge from commitment as a sexually dangerous individual is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

State v. Legare 2019 ND 276
Docket No.: 20190069
Filing Date: 11/20/2019
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Homicide
Author: Crothers, Daniel John

Highlight: An Alford plea does not preserve non-jurisdictional claims for appeal.

Krump-Wooton v. Krump 2019 ND 275
Docket No.: 20190089
Filing Date: 11/20/2019
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Child Support
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

Highlight: A district court’s judgment denying a motion to modify parenting time and a motion to modify primary residential responsibility is affirmed.

State v. Maines (consolidated w/20180396) 2019 ND 274
Docket No.: 20180395
Filing Date: 11/20/2019
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Theft
Author: McEvers, Lisa K. Fair

Highlight: A district court may extend an offenders’ sentence if the offender is found to be a habitual offender under N.D.C.C. § 12.1-32-09. Section 12.1-32-02(9), N.D.C.C., does not apply to an offender’s out of state felony convictions for purposes of determining if the offender is a habitual offender. Section 12.1-32-09, N.D.C.C., specifically refers to convictions in another state and defines a felony in another state as one that is punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of five years or more, regardless of the actual punishment imposed.

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