North Dakota v. Landrus
Annotate this CaseDuane Landrus appeals from an amended criminal judgment and order for restitution after a jury found him guilty of aggravated and simple assault. Landrus was involved in a violent altercation involving David Roberts, Summer Tippett, and Jason Conn, among others. Roberts testified he and Tippett fell asleep by the firepit after hosting a cook-out. They awoke sometime after 2:00 a.m. and began cleaning up when they discovered Landrus in a storage shed on the property. A fight between Landrus and Roberts ensued, and Roberts suffered a stab wound from a knife later found at Landrus’s residence. Landrus punched Tippett when she tried to intervene. The neighbor, Conn, also tried to intervene and suffered minor cuts. Two other witnesses corroborated the stories of the injured parties. Finding no reversible error, the North Dakota Supreme Court affirmed.
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