Opinion
No. 20140218.
01-15-2015
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Steven Duane EVANS, Defendant and Appellant.
Julie A. Lawyer, Burleigh County Assistant State's Attorney, Bismarck, ND, for plaintiff and appellee; submitted on brief. Lee M. Grossman, Valley City, ND, for defendant and appellant; submitted on brief.
Julie A. Lawyer, Burleigh County Assistant State's Attorney, Bismarck, ND, for plaintiff and appellee; submitted on brief.
Lee M. Grossman, Valley City, ND, for defendant and appellant; submitted on brief.
Opinion
PER CURIAM.
[¶ 1] Steven Evans appeals from a criminal judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of possession of drug paraphernalia. On appeal, Evans argues the district court erred by failing to provide the jury with an instruction on the culpability required for possession of drug paraphernalia and improperly denied his motion for judgment of acquittal. We conclude Evans waived his argument regarding the jury instructions, by not raising it below. State v. Mathre, 2004 ND 149, ¶ 21, 683 N.W.2d 918 (“Under N.D.R.Crim.P. 30(c), failure to object at trial to jury instructions when there was an opportunity to do so operates as a waiver of the right on appeal to complain of instructions that either were or were not given.”). We further conclude sufficient evidence exists to support the verdict. We affirm the criminal judgment under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3) and (7).
[¶ 2] GERALD W. VANDE WALLE, C.J., LISA FAIR McEVERS, DANIEL J. CROTHERS, DALE V. SANDSTROM, and CAROL RONNING KAPSNER, JJ., concur.