State v. Dodson

SÁNDSTROM, Justice,'

concurring specially.

[¶ 30] Although this Court may, in an appropriate case, interpret a provision of our State Constitution differently than the United States Supreme Court has interpreted a parallel provision of the United States Constitution, this Court’s interpretation must be based on the history of the document, not the individual philosophy or views of the justices. As Justice Vande-Walle wrote in his special concurrence in State v. Ringquist, 433 N.W.2d 207, 217 (N.D.1988):

Although I agree we need not merely echo the United States Supreme Court in applying our own…