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Oien v. Oien 2005 ND 205
Docket No.: 20050204
Filing Date: 11/29/2005
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Child Support
Author: Kapsner, Carol

Highlight: Under the child support guidelines, disability does not necessarily excuse a parent from the obligation to pay child support.
The presence of a disability is a consideration that the court can take into account when determining the amount of support.
Submitting a document to a judge or to court personnel other than the clerk is not filing.

Gray v. N.D. Game and Fish Dept. 2005 ND 204
Docket No.: 20050103
Filing Date: 11/29/2005
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Administrative Proceeding
Author: Sandstrom, Dale

Highlight: The laws of the states participating in the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact need not be identical to support reciprocal enforcement of an out-of-state wildlife conviction in North Dakota.
A judgment rendered in violation of due process is void in the rendering state and is not entitled to full faith and credit elsewhere.
The Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact does not require congressional consent under the compact clause of the federal constitution.
A suspension of hunting privileges under the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact is not double jeopardy.
The due process clause does not require presuspension notice and hearing before hunting privileges may be suspended under the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.

Jangula v. Jangula 2005 ND 203
Docket No.: 20050070
Filing Date: 11/29/2005
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Divorce - Property
Author: VandeWalle, Gerald

Highlight: Once separate property, or property exempt from being included as marital property, is commingled, placed into a joint bank account, or placed in joint tenancy, the property no longer has any separate identity and therefore becomes marital property.

Matthews v. State 2005 ND 202
Docket No.: 20050068
Filing Date: 11/29/2005
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Kapsner, Carol

Highlight: Conclusory allegations that counsel failed to call certain witnesses without indicating what the testimony would have been, how it might have affected the outcome of the trial, or what prejudice may have resulted from the failure to call them, do not support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.
Ineffective assistance of counsel claims require a defendant to show that counsel's representation was objectively unreasonable and that the defendant was prejudiced by counsel's deficient performance.
A defendant must offer evidence of how any additional witnesses would have aided the defense's claim.

Interest of P.B. (CONFIDENTIAL) 2005 ND 201
Docket No.: 20050351
Filing Date: 11/29/2005
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Mental Health
Author: Kapsner, Carol

Highlight: An individual committed to a mental health facility does not enjoy the same level of freedom and rights as an uncommitted individual.
Once a decision of hospitalization is made, it is not the province of this Court to micro-manage the State Hospital.

Pfau v. Pfau 2005 ND 200
Docket No.: 20050077
Filing Date: 11/29/2005
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Divorce - Property
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: The district court denial of a motion for new trial and a motion for post-judgment relief is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4).

State v. Steen 2005 ND 199
Docket No.: 20050216
Filing Date: 11/29/2005
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Drugs/Contraband
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Order denying motion for a new trial is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4).

State v. Croaker 2005 ND 198
Docket No.: 20050145
Filing Date: 11/29/2005
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Assault
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Conviction of simple assault is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3).

Johnson v. State (Cross-Ref. w/20050028 & 20050029) 2005 ND 197
Docket No.: 20050168
Filing Date: 11/29/2005
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Conviction of contact by bodily fluids is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2) and (4).

State v. Stevenson 2005 ND 196
Docket No.: 20050134
Filing Date: 11/29/2005
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Misc. Felony
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Conviction of terrorizing is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3).

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