State v. Thorson

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

Darryl Thorson appeals from a Nelson County District Court judgment of conviction based on a verdict of a jury which found him guilty of criminal mischief, a class C felony.

The facts relative to this appeal are not in dispute. On the morning of July 29, 1976, a tractor belonging to Connley Anderson was found in the Sheyenne River about three miles north of his farm. A cultivator, a harrow, and a pony drill were attached to the tractor. The tractor had been parked in the Anderson farmyard the night before and was moved sometime during the night. The route the tractor…