Amsbaugh v. Amsbaugh

2004 ND 11

• Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
• Decided: January 14, 2004
• Docket: 20030059
• Status: Published

Opinion

Filed 1/14/04 by Clerk of Supreme Court

IN THE SUPREME COURT

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

2004 ND 1

State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee

v.

Thomas A. Skalicky, Defendant and Appellant

Nos. 20030163-20030167

Appeal from the District Court of Williams County, Northwest Judicial District, the Honorable Gerald H. Rustad, Judge.

AFFIRMED.

Per Curiam.

Nicole E. Foster (argued), State’s Attorney, and Marlyce A. Wilder (appeared), Assistant State’s Attorney, P.O. Box 2047, Williston, ND 58802-2047, for plaintiff and appellee.

Kevin J. Chapman, Townsite Bldg., 2 nd Fl., P.O. Box 1920, Williston, ND 58802-1920, for defendant and appellant.

State v. Skalicky

[¶1] Thomas Skalicky appeals the order of the district court denying his application for post-conviction relief.   He argued his consecutive sentences for robbery under N.D.C.C. § 12.1-22-01 and burglary under N.D.C.C. § 12.1-22-02(2)(a) violated the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy.  Each offense to which Skalicky pleaded guilty “contains an element not contained in the other.”   City of Fargo v. Martin Sewall Hector , 534 N.W.2d 821, 823 (N.D. 1995)(citing United States v. Dixon , 509 U.S. 688, 696 (1993), applying Blockburger v. United States , 284 U.S. 299 (1932)).  Double jeopardy does not apply.  We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7).

[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.

Carol Ronning Kapsner

Dale V. Sandstrom

William A. Neumann

Mary Muehlen Maring