Legal Opinion
State v. Thiel
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided July 28, 1987No. Crim. 1212PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.
Mark Thiel appeals from a criminal judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of simple assault in violation of § 12.1-17-01, N.D.C.C. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, reveals that in the early morning hours of December 7, 1985, approximately fifteen to twenty people attended a post-wedding dance party at a motel room in New Salem. At 4 a.m., two of the party guests began fighting in the room. Duane Senger, who was not involved in the initial altercation, told the two men who were…
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