Legal Opinion
State v. Evans
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided April 27, 1999No. 980155, 980156PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAPSNER, Justice.
[¶ 1] Dennis Evans and Brian Barnhardt appealed criminal judgments entered upon jury verdicts finding them guilty of conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance. Because of improper argument by the prosecutor, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
[¶ 2] On May 14, 1997, a confidential informant for Officer Wendlick of the Mandan Police Department was searched by police and equipped with a body transmitter. The informant then went to Christopher Tokach’s home. The informant testified Tokach received a telephone call and said “they were gonna be 20 minutes” and “they were…
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