Title: State v. Brown
Citation: 2020 ND 29
Docket Number: 20190206
State: north-dakota
Issuer: north-dakota Supreme Court
Date: February 12, 2020

2020 ND ____ State of North Dakota Plaintiff and Appellee v. Orlando Joseph Brown, Defendant and Appellant No. 20190206 Appeal from the District Court of Grand Forks County, Northeast Central Judicial District, the Honorable Lolita G. Hartl Romanick, Judge. AFFIRMED. Per Curiam. Sarah W. Gereszek, Assistant State’s Attorney, Grand Forks, ND, for plaintiff and appellee. Benjamin C. Pulkrabek, Mandan, ND, for defendant and appellant. 1 Per Curiam. Orlando Joseph Brown appealed from a criminal judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of aggravated assault and two counts of gross sexual imposition. Brown argues the district court erred by issuing a pre-trial order allowing the State to introduce at trial evidence of past incidents of domestic violence that occurred between Brown and the victim within the three week period prior to the incident that led to the above stated charges. We conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in issuing a pre-trial order permitting the State to introduce this prior-act evidence under N.D.R.Ev. 404(b). We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4). State v. Brown No. 20190206 Per Curiam. [¶1] Orlando Joseph Brown appealed from a criminal judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of aggravated assault and two counts of gross sexual imposition. Brown argues the district court erred by issuing a pre-trial order allowing the State to introduce at trial evidence of past incidents of domestic violence that occurred between Brown and the victim within the three week period prior to the incident that led to the above stated charges. We conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in issuing a pre-trial order permitting the State to introduce this prior-act evidence under N.D.R.Ev. 404(b). We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4). [¶2] Jon J. Jensen, C.J. Gerald W. VandeWalle Daniel J. Crothers Lisa Fair McEvers Jerod E. Tufte