State v. Welch

LEVINE, Justice.

Michael Duane Welch appeals from a judgment of conviction of conspiracy to possess and accomplice to possession of a controlled substance. The primary issue is whether the prosecutor’s disclosure in his opening statement of an accomplice’s conviction is prejudicial error requiring a new trial, in light of the failure to request a cautionary instruction. We hold it is not and affirm.

On Saturday, June 29, 1985, the drug enforcement unit of the North Dakota Attorney General’s office was alerted that a manila envelope, delivered to the Northwest Orient Airlines Freight Service in…