State v. Paulson

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

We are asked to dismiss this criminal appeal on the ground that the defendant has failed to file a brief, which brief has still not been filed some nine months after it became due.

On January 23, 1976, Arlie T. Paulson was convicted by a jury in the Benson County court of increased jurisdiction of 12 counts of delivering an alcoholic beverage to a person under the age of 21 years. On February 3,1976, he was sentenced to serve six months in the county jail and to pay court costs. He filed a notice of appeal to this court on February 12, 1976, and the sentence was stayed…