State v. Granrud

SAND, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Glen Granrud, from a jury verdict of guilty of manslaughter.

In the late evening of 15 Oct. 1979 Gran-rud and a friend, Clifford Ling, were involved in an incident in a parking lot and alley in Williston, North Dakota, in which Alan Turner was stabbed. Turner died as a result of a knife wound to the heart.

Prior to the knifing, Granrud and Ling had been drinking at various liquor establishments in Williston for approximately five hours and were on their way to another liquor establishment, the Bavarian Room. As they were walking to the Bavarian…