Legal Opinion

State v. Grant

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided July 17, 2018No. 20170443Published

1Opinion of the Court

Crothers, Justice.

[¶ 1] Walter Grant, Jr. appeals from a criminal judgment entered after he pled guilty to gross sexual imposition, burglary, aggravated assault, and terrorizing. He argues the district court committed obvious error by failing to determine whether he was competent to proceed. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] In August 2016 Grant was charged with gross sexual imposition, burglary, aggravated assault, terrorizing, and felonious restraint. At Grant's initial district court appearance he was uncooperative, he said he was not going to listen to the judge, and he put his fingers in his ears. The…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. State v. OlanderNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1998
  3. David Ray Collins v. Vernon Housewright, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  4. State v. HornNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2014
  5. State v. BrownNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2018

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