State v. Jensen

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

This is the third time we have considered matters involving Herbert 0. Jensen. In the first case, after Jensen was convicted of two counts of murder in the second degree, prior to a hearing on the merits of his appeal we heard a motion in this court which asked us to find him indigent and order payment by the county of his attorneys’ fees and expenses of appeal. That motion was denied in State v. Jensen, 241 N.W.2d 557 (N.D.1976). Thereafter, we heard his appeal on the merits and granted him a new trial. See State v. Jensen, 251 N.W.2d 182 (N.D.1977). In the new…