State v. Howe

SAND, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State from an order issued by the Barnes County district court dismissing the criminal information in which the defendant, Henry Howe, was charged with tampering with a witness in violation of § 12.1-09-01, North Dakota Century Code.

The charge was based upon a telephone call by the defendant to Mrs. Linda Rohde on the afternoon of July 9, 1975. Mrs. Rohde had previously signed a criminal complaint against Diane Stringer for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, that minor being Mrs. Rohde’s son. The statement made by the defendant over the…