Court Opinion

ID: 9675077
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 04:41:23.923002+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:31.291772
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VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice,
concurring specially.
I understand the majority opinion to hold only that Barnett cannot complain about an instruction given by the trial court which is more favorable than the one he requested. I agree. I do not understand the majority opinion to approve the instruction given as an appropriate instruction for future cases. Arizona v. Youngblood, 488 U.S. 51, 109 S.Ct. 333, 102 L.Ed.2d 281 (1988); City of Bismarck v. Holden, 522 N.W.2d 471 (N.D.1994); State v. Steffes, 500 N.W.2d 608 (N.D.1993).
SANDSTROM, NEUMANN and MESCHKE, JJ., concur.