Court Opinion

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FILED
                                                                      IN THE OFFICE OF THE
                                                                   CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
                                                                       SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
                                                                    STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                 IN THE SUPREME COURT
                 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                                2023 ND 177

State of North Dakota,                                 Plaintiff and Appellee
     v.
Gracious Jamesetta Weah,                            Defendant and Appellant

                               No. 20220361

Appeal from the District Court of Barnes County, Southeast Judicial District,
the Honorable Jay A. Schmitz, Judge.

AFFIRMED.

Per Curiam.

Marina Spahr, Attorney General’s Office, Bismarck, ND, for plaintiff and
appellee; sumbitted on brief.

Samuel A. Gereszek, Grand Forks, ND, for defendant and appellant; submitted
on brief.
                                State v. Weah
                                No. 20220361

Per Curiam.

[¶1] Gracious Weah appeals from the district court’s judgment entered after
a jury convicted her of aggravated assault with permanent loss or impairment
and reckless endangerment with extreme indifference. Weah argues the jury
lacked evidence supporting a finding she acted intentionally and her fellow
employees regularly acted below the minimum standards set by their
employer’s policies.

[¶2] “In reviewing challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence on appeal, the
defendant ‘bears the burden of showing the evidence reveals no reasonable
inference of guilt when viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict.’” State
v. Rai, 2019 ND 71, ¶ 13, 924 N.W.2d 410 (citing State v. Truelove, 2017 ND
283, ¶ 7, 904 N.W.2d 342). After reviewing the record, we conclude sufficient
evidence exists for a jury to find Weah committed the charged offenses. We
affirm under N.D.R.App. 35.1(a)(3).

[¶3] Jon J. Jensen, C.J.
     Daniel J. Crothers
     Lisa Fair McEvers
     Jerod E. Tufte
     Douglas A. Bahr

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