Legal Opinion

State v. Meier

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided February 10, 1989No. Cr. 880246PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEVINE, Justice.

The State appeals from a district court order which denied the State’s motion to correct an illegal sentence and ordered that a prior criminal judgment finding Clarence Meier guilty of class C felony reckless endangerment be amended to redesignate the offense as a class A misdemeanor. We reverse and remand.

Meier was found guilty of reckless endangerment under § 12.1-17-03, N.D.C.C., 1 following a bench trial in December 1986. The conduct giving rise to the conviction was Meier’s act of pointing a rifle, which was later determined to be unloaded, at two police officers. In that…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Allen v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. United States v. John R. MazakCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  4. United States v. Reginald JonesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
  5. State Ex Rel. Wagner v. RuddySupreme Court of Missouri · 1979

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  4. Evans v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1995
  5. State v. FosterNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1992

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