State v. Woodruff , 2021 ND 187 ( 2021 )

FILED
IN THE OFFICE OF THE
CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
OCTOBER 14, 2021
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
2021 ND 187State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
Amy Lynn Woodruff, Defendant and Appellant
No. 20210026
Appeal from the District Court of Burleigh County, South Central Judicial
District, the Honorable Bobbi Brown Weiler, Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Per Curiam.
Anna A. Argenti, Assistant State’s Attorney, and Dominic Davis, third-year law
student, under the Rule on Limited Practice of Law by Law Students,
Bismarck, ND, for plaintiff and appellee; submitted on brief.
Kiara C. Kraus-Parr, Grand Forks, ND, for defendant and appellant.
State v. Woodruff
No. 20210026
Per Curiam.
[¶1] Amy Lynn Woodruff appeals from a criminal judgment entered after a
jury found her guilty of preventing arrest. Woodruff argues the evidence at trial
was insufficient to support her conviction, because the force required to remove
Woodruff from her vehicle was not “substantial force” as required by N.D.C.C.
§ 12.1-08-02(1). Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict,
we conclude substantial evidence exists that could allow a jury to draw a
reasonable inference in favor of conviction. We summarily affirm under
N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3).
[¶2] Jon J. Jensen, C.J.
Gerald W. VandeWalle
Daniel J. Crothers
Lisa Fair McEvers
Jerod E. Tufte
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