STATE v. MASSEY

No. 20230396.

2024 ND 118

State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. James Alfonso Massey, III, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

Filed June 6, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Belliston (argued), under the Rule on Limited Practice of Law by Law Students, Ryan J. Younggren (appeared) and Nicholas S. Samuelson (appeared), Assistant State's Attorneys, Fargo, ND, for plaintiff and appellee.

Kiara C. Kraus-Parr , Grand Forks, ND, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion of the Court by Jensen, Chief Justice.


[¶1] James Massey appeals from a judgment entered following a jury verdict finding him guilty of gross sexual imposition and child abuse. On appeal, Massey asserts the jury instruction for the gross sexual imposition was improper, and statements made in the State's closing arguments constitute prosecutorial misconduct...

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