State v. Schlotman

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] Earl and Janice Schlotman appealed from judgments of conviction, upon jury verdicts finding each of them guilty of two counts of class A misdemeanor unlawful imprisonment, in violation of N.D.C.C. § 12.1-18-03(1). We hold, as a matter of law, the Sehlotmans are not persons in parental equivalent relation to the minors unlawfully restrained by them, and we affirm.

[¶ 2] The relevant facts on appeal are not disputed. Janice Schlotman’s daughter, Debbie Landreth, and Lonnie Dean Otto were married and had two children, Krysty-na and Matthew. Janice Schlotman, the children’s…