Emter v. Emter

¶1Filed 4/5/00 by Clerk of Supreme Court

¶2IN THE SUPREME COURT

¶3STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

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¶72000 ND 65

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¶11State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee

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¶15Larry Raymond Soum, Defendant and Appellant

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¶19No. 990305

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¶23Appeal from the District Court of Ward County, Northwest Judicial District, the Honorable Glenn Dill, III, Judge.

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¶25AFFIRMED.

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¶27Per Curiam.

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¶29Rozanna C. Larson, Assistant State's Attorney, Courthouse, P.O. Box 5005, Minot, ND 58702-5005, for plaintiff and appellee.  Submitted on brief.

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¶31Richard B. Thomas, 13 First Ave. SW, Suite 500, P.O. Box 2298, Minot, ND 58702-2298, for defendant and appellant.  Submitted on brief.

¶32State v. Soum

¶33No. 990305

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¶35Per Curiam.

¶36[¶1] Larry Soum appeals from his conviction for driving while under suspension, arguing he has a constitutional right to operate a motor vehicle on the roads of North Dakota without a valid license to drive.  We have repeatedly rejected that argument.  SeeCity of Bismarck v. Stuart, 546 N.W.2d 366, 367 (N.D. 1996); State v. Kouba, 319 N.W.2d 161, 163 (N.D. 1982); seealsoState v. Ertelt, 548 N.W.2d 775, 776-77 (N.D. 1996).  We accordingly affirm Soum’s conviction under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7).

¶37[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.

¶38Carol Ronning Kapsner

¶39Dale V. Sandstrom

¶40William A. Neumann

¶41Mary Muehlen Maring

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