STATE v. HAUGEN

Cr. Nos. 1157 to 1159.

392 N.W.2d 799 (1986)

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Melford H. HAUGEN, Defendant and Appellant. STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Jarl HEGVICK, Defendant and Appellant. STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Bernice HEGVICK, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

August 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Wold, State's Atty., Cooperstown, for plaintiff and appellee.

Glenn Pomeroy & Ralph B. Maxwell, Fargo, for defendants and appellants; argued by Ralph B. Maxwell.


LEVINE, Justice.

Melford Haugen, Jarl Hegvick, and Bernice Hegvick appeal from criminal judgments entered upon jury verdicts finding them guilty of the offense of threatening public servants. We reverse.

The defendants were Griggs County farmers who lost their farmland. In an effort to recover the land, the defendants, acting pro se, commenced lawsuits against everyone they thought might be connected with the subject matter of their grievances.

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