Legal Opinion
State v. Counts
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 1991No. Cr. 910002PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVINE, Justice.
The State appeals from a district court order which denied in part its motion to compel Peggy Olson Counts to testify in a criminal proceeding against her husband, Ernest T. Counts. We dismiss the appeal.
On August 28, 1990, Ernest was charged with two counts of burglary that occurred on July 3, 1990. As part of their investigation of the burglaries, law enforcement officers interviewed Peggy in July 1990, and she implicated Ernest in the burglaries. Peggy and Ernest were married on September 21, 1990. The State attempted to depose Peggy on November 20, 1990; however, she…
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