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STATE v. TORKELSEN

No. 20050250.

718 N.W.2d 22 (2006)

2006 ND 152

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Steven Arthur TORKELSEN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

July 18, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Beckstrom Gibbens (argued), State's Attorney, Cando, N.D., and Lonnie Olson (on brief), State's Attorney, Devils Lake, N.D., for plaintiff and appellee.

David Duane Dusek (argued), East Grand Forks, MN, and William Robert Hartl (appeared), Rugby, N.D., for defendant and appellant.

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Steven Arthur Torkelsen appealed from a criminal judgment entered on a conditional plea of guilty to class AA felony murder. Because we conclude the initial stop of Torkelsen's vehicle was illegal, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

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[¶ 2] On the morning of June 27, 2004, Tom Belzer, a local farmer, discovered a human body burning in a ditch east of Cando in Towner County. Belzer told his hired...

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