Court Opinion

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FILED
                                                                      IN THE OFFICE OF THE
                                                                   CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
                                                                        NOVEMBER 9, 2023
                                                                    STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                  IN THE SUPREME COURT
                  STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                                2023 ND 212

State of North Dakota,                                  Plaintiff and Appellee
      v.
Elden Jojuan Sparkman,                              Defendant and Appellant

                                No. 20230134

Appeal from the District Court of Cass County, East Central Judicial District,
the Honorable Reid A. Brady, Judge.

AFFIRMED.

Per Curiam.

SheraLynn Ternes (argued) and Nicholas S. Samuelson (appeared), Assistant
State’s Attorneys, Fargo, N.D., for plaintiff and appellee.

Samuel A. Gereszek, Grand Forks, N.D., for defendant and appellant.
                             State v. Sparkman
                                No. 20230134

Per Curiam.

[¶1] Elden Jojuan Sparkman appeals from a criminal judgment entered after
a jury trial. Sparkman argues the district court erred by admitting testimonial
hearsay evidence through a 911 call, asserting that in the context it was made,
“no objection” was meant here to preserve a prior objection to the call. He also
argues insufficient evidence supports the conviction. After reviewing the
record, we conclude sufficient evidence supports the verdict. We summarily
affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3) and (7). See State v. Brewer, 2017 ND 95,
¶ 5, 893 N.W.2d 184 (finding defendant “waived this claim of error when his
attorney not only failed to object to the State’s admission of evidence at trial,
but unequivocally stated there was ‘no objection’”).

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

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