STATE v. LEIDHOLM

Cr. No. 855.

334 N.W.2d 811 (1983)

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Janice LEIDHOLM, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

May 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Romanick, State's Atty., Washburn, for plaintiff and appellee State of N.D.

Irvin B. Nodland, of Lundberg, Conmy, Nodland, Lucas & Schulz, Bismarck, for defendant and appellant.


VANDE WALLE, Justice.

Janice Leidholm was charged with murder for the stabbing death of her husband, Chester Leidholm, in the early morning hours of August 7, 1981, at their farm home near Washburn. She was found guilty by a McLean County jury of manslaughter and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in the State Penitentiary with three years of the sentence suspended. Leidholm appealed from the judgment of conviction. We reverse and remand the case for a new...

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