Legal Opinion

State v. Burckhard

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided June 4, 1998No. Criminal 970275Published

1Opinion of the Court

579 N.W.2d 194 (1998)

1998 ND 121

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

Leonard Wayne BURCKHARD, Defendant and Appellee.

Criminal No. 970275.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

June 4, 1998.

Robin Huseby, State's Attorney, Valley City, for plaintiff and appellant.

Robert G. Hoy, West Fargo, for defendant and appellee.

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] The State appealed from a district court order dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction a criminal complaint against Father Leonard Burckhard. We hold the court's exercise of jurisdiction over prosecution of theft charges against Burckhard does…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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