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Red Paint v. State 2002 ND 27
Docket No.: 20010245
Filing Date: 2/20/2002
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Kapsner, Carol

Highlight: A post-conviction relief claim of disclosure of privileged communications is barred by res judicata if it was fully and finally determined in a previous proceeding.
A holder of a privilege waives the right to assert the privilege if he voluntarily discloses any significant portion of the privileged matter.
It is misuse of process to fail to raise an issue on direct appeal which is appropriate for review on direct appeal.

City of Fargo v. Steffan (Consolidated w/20010176) 2002 ND 26
Docket No.: 20010175
Filing Date: 2/20/2002
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Misc. Misdemeanor
Author: VandeWalle, Gerald

Highlight: The arrest of a person in a public place for a public offense committed in the officer's presence is neither a violation of the United States' nor North Dakota's Constitution.
Under the search and seizure jurisprudence of both the United States Supreme Court and the North Dakota Supreme Court, an open doorway is a public place.

Grosinger v. M.B.K. (CONFIDENTIAL) 2002 ND 25
Docket No.: 20010108
Filing Date: 2/20/2002
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Individual
Author: VandeWalle, Gerald

Highlight: The phrase "likely to engage in further acts of sexually predatory conduct," used for commitment of sexually dangerous persons, means the person's propensity towards sexual violence is of such a degree as to pose a threat to others.

State v. Roberson 2002 ND 24
Docket No.: 20010053
Filing Date: 2/20/2002
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Misc. Felony
Author: VandeWalle, Gerald

Highlight: While a defendant's disruptive conduct in court may, in some instances, be sufficient grounds to require a competency hearing, not all disruptive defendants are incompetent to stand trial. Rather, the conduct may be contempt of court.

Buchholz v. ND Department of Transportation 2002 ND 23
Docket No.: 20010211
Filing Date: 2/20/2002
Case Type: Appeal - Administrative - Department of Transportation
Author: Maring, Mary

Highlight: A test operator scrupulously complies with the State Toxicologist's approved method to conduct a breath test if the test operator observes that the subject had nothing to eat, drink, or smoke in the twenty minutes prior to the collection of a breath sample.

Ghorbanni v. ND Council on the Arts, et al. 2002 ND 22
Docket No.: 20010164
Filing Date: 2/20/2002
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Employer/Employee Dispute
Author: VandeWalle, Gerald

Highlight: Presenting a claim letter to an assistant attorney general does not satisfy N.D.C.C. 32-12.2-04(1), which requires that notice of a claim against the State be presented to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
An action for retaliatory discharge in violation of public policy sounds in tort, not contract.

Piatz v. ND Dept. of Transportation 2002 ND 20
Docket No.: 20010232
Filing Date: 2/20/2002
Case Type: Appeal - Administrative - Department of Transportation
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Judgment of the district court affirming the decision of the Department of Transportation suspending driver's license for driving under the influence is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(5).

State v. Guy 2002 ND 19
Docket No.: 20010136
Filing Date: 2/20/2002
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Sexual Offense
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Conviction of gross sexual imposition, burglary, robbery, and felonious restraint is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4) and (7).

Burke v. State 2002 ND 18
Docket No.: 20010168
Filing Date: 2/20/2002
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Judgment denying an application for post-conviction relief is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(1) and (2).

State v. Ringsrud 2002 ND 17
Docket No.: 20010242
Filing Date: 2/20/2002
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Drugs/Contraband
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Judgment of conviction for unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(1), (3).

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