State v. Vogel

GIERKE, Justice.

One question, answered in the positive by the Burleigh County Court, has been certified to our court for consideration, pursuant to Chapter 32-24 of the North Dakota Century Code:

“Does Chapter 12.1-30, N.D.C.C., create exemptions that deprive the defendant of his right to equal protection because of a lack of rational basis to determine the distinctions between exempt and non-exempt businesses?”

The following facts were stipulated to by both the State and the defendant:

“On April 17, 1983, a Ronald Coons reported to the Bismarck Police Department that U-Rent & Sales in Bismarck…