Legal Opinion

State v. Ferguson

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided July 16, 1986No. Crim. 1144PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GIERKE, Justice.

Daniel Ferguson appeals from his conviction of terrorizing, a class C felony in violation of Section 12.1-17-04, N.D.C.C. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

During April 1985, an elderly lady named Hazel Russell received numerous harassing telephone calls at her home involving threatening sexually-oriented comments. On May 1, 1985, Hazel received another such call during which the male voice stated, “I’m going to come over there; I’m going to fuck you; I’m going to throw you on the floor and really going to hurt you.” Hazel testified at trial that the same male voice made…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. United States v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. United States v. Melvin TelfaireCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
  4. United States v. Ernest Infelice and Mario GarelliCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
  5. State v. NordquistNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Brodes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
  2. State v. MickoNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986
  3. State v. OsierNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
  4. State v. JohnsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
  5. State v. HuweNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987

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