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STATE v. TORKELSEN

No. 20070140

2008 ND 141

State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Steven Arthur Torkelsen, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

Decided July 21, 2008

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonnie Olson (argued), Ramsey County State's Attorney, 524 4th Avenue Northeast, Unit 16, Devils Lake, N.D. 58301, and Lisa Beckstrom Gibbens (appeared), Towner County State's Attorney, P.O. Box 708, Cando, N.D. 58324-0708, for plaintiff and appellee.

Daniel Eric Gast (argued) and Ross Wheeler Brandborg (on brief), 503 7th Street North, Suite 206, Fargo, N.D. 58102, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion of the Court by Crothers, Justice.

CROTHERS, Justice.

[¶1] Steven Torkelsen appeals from a criminal judgment after a jury found him guilty of murdering Rebecca Flaa. We affirm, concluding the district court did not err in denying Torkelsen's motion to suppress evidence seized, and Torkelsen was not denied the right to represent himself.

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[¶2] At approximately 9:00 a.m., on June 27, 2004, Tom Belzer, a local farmer, discovered...

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