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North Dakota: Altered Pencil in Prison Results in Weapon Possession Conviction
Loaded on May 8, 2018
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2018, page 59
Filed under:
Disciplinary Appeals.
Location:
North Dakota.
The North Dakota Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Arthur Lee Crissler on a charge of possessing a weapon in a correctional facility.
During a September 3, 2016 search of Crissler’s cellblock, a pencil wrapped in paper, thread and elastic was found concealed under the mattress on Crissler’s bunk. He ...
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