State v. Mejia ( 2018 )

Filed 12/6/18 by Clerk of Supreme Court
IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
2018 ND 249State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
Joel Mejia, Defendant and Appellant
No. 20180178
Appeal from the District Court of Mountrail County, North Central Judicial
District, the Honorable Richard L. Hagar, Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Per Curiam.
Wade G. Enget, Mountrail County State’s Attorney, Stanley, ND, for plaintiff
and appellee.
Caitlyn A. Pierson, Minot, ND, for defendant and appellant.
State v. Mejia
No. 20180178
Per Curiam.
[¶1] Joel Mejia appeals from a criminal judgment entered after he was found guilty
of simple assault following a bench trial. Mejia argues there was insufficient
evidence to sustain his conviction for simple assault and that the district court was
required to make a finding on his claim of self-defense. We summarily affirm under
N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3), concluding there was sufficient evidence to support the
guilty verdict. We also affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7), concluding in a case
tried without a jury, the court need only find the defendant guilty or not guilty. State
v. Berger, 235 N.W.2d 254, 263 (N.D. 1975).
[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
Jon J. Jensen
Jerod E. Tufte
Daniel J. Crothers
Lisa Fair McEvers
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