Legal Opinion
State v. Bastien
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 10, 1989No. Cr. 870335PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVINE, Justice.
James Bastien and Terry Bastien appeal from judgments of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding them guilty of conspiracy to commit theft by deception in violation of Sections 12.1-06-04 and 12.1-23-02, N.D.C.C. We affirm.
The impetus for this criminal prosecution was a civil lawsuit by James against Don Hart in which James claimed that Hart disconnected the electricity to the refrigeration unit on a truck used by James in his retail fish business, Bastien Brothers Interior Fisheries, resulting in the spoilage of 5,742 pounds of fish. Depositions of both James and his…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Anderson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. Michael BellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- State v. LindNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
- State Ex Rel. Minot v. GronnaNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1953
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