Legal Opinion
State v. Hart
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided September 30, 1997No. Criminal 960370PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDSTROM, Justice.
[¶ 1] William Jude Hart appealed from a conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of attempted murder of Cliff Rodenburg. We hold Hart was not denied his Sixth Amendment right to self-representation, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding some evidence about an alleged business relationship between Hart, Rodenburg and Bill Engelhardt, and the court committed harmless error in excluding Hart’s testimony about a statement made by an unavailable declarant. We affirm.
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[¶ 2] Hart shot Rodenburg on March 26, 1996, at the Fargo YMCA. The evidence…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- McKaskle v. WigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- State v. DokkenSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986
- State v. LeidholmNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. MankeNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
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3Cited by39 opinions
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