Court Opinion

ID: 9715992
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 06:22:46.924425+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:40.648251
License: Public Domain

[¶ 44]
NEUMANN, J.,
dissenting.
[¶ 45] With the greatest respect for my colleagues, who faced grave doubt and difficulty in reaching this decision, I dissent. I would not terminate this judgeship.
[¶ 46] WILLIAM A. NEUMANN
*65TABLE 1 COMPARISON OF BIRTH TO POPULATION RATIOS
BIRTH TO NORTHEAST POPULATION CENTRAL 1998 POPULATION 1998 BIRTHS RATIO (1998)
Grand Forks 01.44% OS CO OO
Nelson 00.70% c£> rH t>
District 70,585 992 01.41%
SOUTHWEST 1998 POPULATION 1998 BIRTHS BIRTH TO POPULATION RATIO (1998)
Adams 2,714 19 00.70%
Billings 1,058 7 00.66%
Bowman 3,317 34 01.03%
Dnnn 3,560 24 00.67%
Golden Valley 1,876 16 00.85%
Hettinger 2,924 22 00.75%
Slope 865 10 01.16%
Stark 22,780 262 01.15%
District 39,094 394 01.01%
TABLE 2 INDEXED CRIME RATE
YEAR INDEXED CRIME PER 100,000 POPULATION GRAND FORKS INDEXED CRIME PER 100,000 POPULATION NELSON
1995 5385.0 535.9
1996 5142.3 291.0
1997 4298.0 No Report
1998 4922.1 No Report
Average 4936.9 413.45 *
TABLE 3 1998 FILINGS BY COUNTY SOUTHWEST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COUNTIES FILINGS FILINGS (WITHOUT JUVENILE JUVENILE ADMIN. (ALL) TRAFFIC) FELONIES DELINQUENCY DEPENDENCY APPEALS
Adams 827 332 7 8 0 0
Bowman 533 346 2 10 0 2
Hettinger 359 155 4 5 0 0
Slope 201 53 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 1920(.2459) 886(.2058) 1301494) 2302233) 0(.0000) 301071)
Billings 304 91 2 1 0 0
Dunn 807 306 4 6 2 3
Golden Valley 344 221 5 10 1 1
Stark 4432 2801 63 63 16 21
TOTALS 5887(.7541) 341907942) 7408506) 8007767) 19(1.0000) 2508929)
*66TABLE 4 1997 FILINGS BY COUNTY SOUTHWEST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
FILINGS FILINGS (WITHOUT JUVENILE COUNTIES (ALL) TRAFFIC) FELONIES DELINQUENCY JUVENILE ADMIN. DEPENDENCY APPEALS
Adams 944 347 6 5 5 1
Bowman 651 371 3 5 2 3
Hettinger 563 175 15 4 0 0
Slope 247 61 2 0 1 0
TOTALS 240502451) 95402214) 2602342) 1401944) 804444) 401290)
Billings 304 97 3 3 0 0
Dunn 1543 372 9 0 0 2
Golden Valley 350 230 3 0 0 0
Stark 5209 2655 70 55 10 25
TOTALS 740607549) 335407786) 8507658) 5808056) 1005556) 2708710)

 Based on 2 years.