STATE v. MEJIA (2018)

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Joel MEJIA, Defendant and Appellant

No. 20180178

Decided: December 06, 2018

Wade G. Enget, Mountrail County State's Attorney, Stanley, ND, for plaintiff and appellee. Caitlyn A. Pierson, Minot, ND, for defendant and appellant.

[¶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).

Per Curiam.

[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J. Jon J. Jensen Jerod E. Tufte Daniel J. Crothers Lisa Fair McEvers

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