Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Manglona

Supreme Court of The Commonwealth of The Northern Mariana Islands

Decided November 24, 1997No. Appeal No. 96-030; Criminal Case Nos. 96-0021, 96-0022 & 96-0023 (Rota)Published

1Opinion of the Court

TAYLOR, Chief Justice:

¶1 The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (“government”) appeals the Superior Court’s decision dated May 21,1996, granting defendants’ motion to dismiss under Com. R. Civ. Pro. 12(b)(2). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 1 CMC § 3102(a). We affirm.

ISSUE PRESENTED AND STANDARD OF REVIEW

¶2 We are asked to determine whether the appellees can be prosecuted for their willful failure to file a statement of financial interest pursuant to 1 CMC §8515(a) of the Government Ethics Code. The propriety of granting a motion to dismiss is a question of law which we review de…

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