STATE v. FRANCIS

No. 20150280.

882 N.W.2d 270 (2016)

2016 ND 154

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Curtis Vernon FRANCIS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

July 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine M. Naumann (argued), Assistant State's Attorney, Jamestown, ND, for plaintiff and appellee.

Ariston E. Johnson (argued), Watford City, ND and Thomas A. Dickson (on brief), Bismarck, ND, for defendant and appellant.

Lori S. Mickelson , Office of the Attorney General, Bismarck, ND, for amicus curiae North Dakota Attorney General.


[¶ 1] Curtis Francis appeals from a criminal judgment after conditionally pleading guilty to gathering signatures within 100 feet of a polling place. We conclude the electioneering law he was charged under does not violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, and it is a reasonable restriction on the North...

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