STATE v. WELLS

Cr. No. 621.

265 N.W.2d 239 (1978)

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Mark Alan WELLS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

As Amended April 4, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Olson, State's Atty., Bismarck, for plaintiff and appellee, State of North Dakota.

Benjamin C. Pulkrabek, Mandan, for defendant and appellant.


VOGEL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence of life imprisonment after a plea of guilty to the crime of murder. The errors alleged, and an attack on constitutionality, relate entirely to the dangerous special offender statute, Section 12.1-32-09, N.D.C.C. If the dangerous special offender statute had not been applied, the maximum sentence of confinement would have been 20 years, as specified in Section 12.1-32-01, subsection 1, N.D.C.C. We uphold...

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