Legal Opinion
State v. Garcia
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided April 1, 1997No. Criminal 960180PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESCHKE, Justice.
[¶ 1] Barry Caesar Garcia appeals a jury verdict and a criminal judgment finding him guilty of murder and aggravated assault, and sentencing him to life imprisonment without parole. We affirm.
[¶ 2] In a residential neighborhood in West Fargo on November 15, 1995, near 10:30 p.m., a short, young man walked up to the front passenger door of a car where Pat and Cherryl Tendeland were in the front seat, and Connie Guler, their friend, was in the backseat. From close to nine inches, the young man fired a sawed-off shotgun through the front passenger window, wounding Pat and…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by25 opinions
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