Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Borja

Supreme Court of The Commonwealth of The Northern Mariana Islands

Decided June 15, 1992No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 91-030Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DELA CRUZ, Chief Justice:

Aggrieved party/appellant herein, the Office of the Attorney General, appeals two orders of the Superior Court assessing sanctions against it. We granted a stay of the orders pending appeal. We now vacate the sanctions imposed and remand to the Superior Court for further proceedings.

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FACTS

On February 13, 1991, police officers from the Commonwealth's Department of Public Safety Special Operations Division ("SOD") searched the Koblerville residence of John SH. Borja ("Borja") pursuant to a duly executed search warrant. The officers confiscated a .38 caliber…

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