STATE v. PITTSLEY (2025)

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Michelle PITTSLEY, Defendant and Appellant

No. 20250009

Decided: September 25, 2025

Dennis H. Ingold, Assistant State's Attorney (argued), and William D. Franklund (on brief), under the Rule on Limited Practice of Law by Law Students, Bismarck, N.D., for plaintiff and appellee. Kiara C. Kraus-Parr, Grand Forks, N.D., for defendant and appellant.

[¶1] Michelle Pittsley appeals from a criminal judgment entered after a jury convicted her of child neglect, a class C felony. On appeal, Pittsley argues that there was insufficient evidence to support her conviction. “In reviewing challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence on appeal, the defendant bears the burden of showing the evidence reveals no reasonable inference of guilt when viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict.” State v. Cahoon, 2023 ND 178, ¶ 1, 996 N.W.2d 313 (cleaned up). After reviewing the record, we conclude that there was sufficient evidence to support the guilty verdict. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3).

Per Curiam.

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

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