Barrett v. Gilbertson

¶1Filed 2/26/13 by Clerk of Supreme Court

¶2IN THE SUPREME COURT

¶3STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

¶4

¶5

¶6

¶72013 ND 22

¶8

¶9

¶10

¶11State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee

¶12

¶13v.

¶14

¶15Kawo Flah, Defendant and Appellant

¶16

¶17

¶18

¶19No. 20120357

¶20

¶21

¶22

¶23Appeal from the District Court of Burleigh County, South Central Judicial District, the Honorable Bruce A. Romanick, Judge.

¶24

¶25AFFIRMED.

¶26

¶27Per Curiam.

¶28

¶29Dawn Marie Deitz, Assistant State’s Attorney, 514 East Thayer Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58501, for plaintiff and appellee; submitted on brief.

¶30

¶31Benjamin C. Pulkrabek, 402 1st Street NW, Mandan, ND 58554-3118, for defendant and appellant.

¶32State v. Flah

¶33No. 20120357

¶34

¶35Per Curiam.

¶36[¶1] Kawo Flah appeals a district court judgment of conviction for possession of drug paraphernalia after a jury trial.  Flah argues the prosecutor improperly vouched for the truth and veracity of the testimony of two police officers.  We affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7).  State v. Clark, 2004 ND 85, ¶ 9, 678 N.W.2d 765 (a prosecutor’s closing argument may properly draw reasonable conclusions and argue permissible inferences from the evidence).  

¶37[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.

¶38Daniel J. Crothers

¶39Mary Muehlen Maring

¶40Carol Ronning Kapsner

¶41Dale V. Sandstrom