State v. Halvorson

PEDERSON, Justice.

A jury found Wayne Halvorson guilty of murder, a class AA felony under § 12.1-16-01, North Dakota Century Code. He appeals from the judgment of conviction, and requests that the conviction be reversed and the case remanded for a new trial on the grounds that the trial court erred 1)’ in its instructions to the jury; 2) in limiting defense counsel’s cross-examination; 3) in admitting certain tape recordings into evidence and allowing the jury to take the recordings and playback equipment into the jury room; and 4) in allowing the criminal information to be amended to add the…