State v. Goeller

PEDERSON, Justice.

Julie Ann Goeller and Debra Elaine Anderson separately appealed from a “Judgment and Sentence” of contempt of court.

Goeller and Anderson were present in the Barnes County Court of Increased Jurisdiction for an arraignment on a charge of possession of a controlled substance. Section 19-03.1-23(3), North Dakota Century Code. No record was made of the proceedings, other than two documents executed by the judge who presided at the arraignment, which were each labeled “Summary Contempt Findings & Order.”

The significant part of these two orders states:

“During this arraignment…