IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE FIt E D en M I SUPR f. ME, COUR DATE: (.D ['WI( COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS BY: -- \0 11 IN THE MATTER OF DECISIONS TO BE PUBLISHED IN NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS REPORTER, VOLUME SEVEN. ERRATA ORDER 11-000-HSC \ PER CURIAM: \ I. DECISIONS REVISED BY THIS ORDER The decisions listed below, all styled as opinions, require substantive revision. They are hereby revised by changes as set forth in section two of this order. The published decisions containing all revisions shall constitute the final versions of the decisions. ] 1. Commonwealth v. Taitano, 0 MP. Kevin In! '[ Corp. v. Superior Court, 0 MP. Liu v. CNMJ, 0 MP. Sattler v. Mathis, 0 MP. Commonwealth v. Pua, 0 MP 1. Bank of Saipan v. Martens, 0 MP. Commonwealth v. Milliondaga, 0 MP. Tan v. Younis, 0 MP 11. Estate of Muna v. Commonwealth, 0 MP -I
. Commonwealth v. Bias, 0 MP. REVISIONS 1. Commonwealth v. Taitano, 0 MP -,r shad read as follows:... the trial court must consider the factors set forth in United States v. Cook, 0 F.d 1, 1 n. (th Cir. 1 (en bane. (continuation omitted.. Kevin Int" Corp. v. Superior Court, 0 MP Supreme Court Original Action Number shall read as follows: 11 1 Supreme Court Original Action No. 0-000-GA. Attorneys of Record shall read as follows: For Plaintiff-Petitioner: Viola Alepuyo, Saipan. For Defendant-Real Party in Interest: Steven Carrara, Saipan.. Liu v. CNMI, 0 MP 'if shall read as follows: 1 -,r... The Petitioner cites Unites States v. Fanfan, 0 WL 1, 0 U.S. Dist. 1 LEXIS (D.Me. June, 0... Petitioner likens the grant of certiorari in Fan/an, which sought to review the effects of the Blakely v. Washington, U.S. (0... the Blakely decision... (continuation omitted.. Sattler v. Mathis, 0 MP -,r shall read as follows: -,rs Looking beyond our own decisions, to those we have relief on in the past, is more helpful. Our precedent stems primarily from an Idaho case, Krebs v. Krebs, P.d (1 (discussed below, and from a Ninth Circuit decision, Us. v. McConney, F.d 11 (th Cir. 1. (continuation omitted. S. Commonwealth v. Pua, 0 MP 1 -,r shall read as follows: -,rio Aside from the fact that the Attorney General did not "certif[y] to the Superior Court that the appeal is not taken for purpose of delay and that the evidence is a substantial proof of --
a fact material in the proceeding" - which will not necessarily defeat jurisdiction, see U.S. v. Becker, F.d, ( th Cir. 1 1 (finding that failure to certify pursuant to analogous federal statute is correctable at the court's discretion - this statute is clearly inapplicabje to the present case. (continuation omitted.. Commonwealth v. Pua, 0 MP 1, shall read as follows:, Furthennore, we are not the first court to find mandamus jurisdiction may be accorded even when appellate jurisdiction is lacking. In u.s. v. Barker, 1 F.d, ( t h to 1 Cir. 1, the Ninth Circuit held that where the Government had plead in the alternative for 1 jurisdiction pursuant to U.S.c. 1 (the federal analog to our CMC 1, or mandamus relief, even though no jurisdiction could be had under U.S.C. 1, mandamus relief was still available due to the gravity of issue. See also u.s. v. Col/amore, F.d, 0 (1 st Cir. 1 (holding similarly that mandamus was proper when U.S.c. 1 1 1 jurisdiction was questionable. (continuation omitted.. Bank ojsaipan v. Martens, 0 MP, shall read as follows:,... The question in each case is whether under all the circumstances the remedy was pursued with reasonable dispatch. See McDaniel v. Us. Dist. Court, F.d, 0 n.l ( th Cir. 1 (Rymer, Circuit Judge, concurring, citing United States v. Olds, F.d ( rd Cir.». (continuation omitted.,. Commonwealth v. Milliondaga, 0 MP, shall read as follows:... Two provisions are not the same offense if each contains an element not included in the other. Hudson v. United States, U.S., (1 (Stevens, 1. concurring. (continuation omitted.. Tan v. Younis, 0 MP 11, shall read as follows: --
So strong is the Constitutional protection of free expression that it even contemplates and protects a degree of abuse. "[E]rroneous statement is inevitable in free debate, and... it must be protected if the freedoms of expression are to have the 'breathing space' that they 'need to survive.'" Brown v. Hartlage, U.S., 0, S. Ct. 1, 1 L. Ed. d (1 (citations omitted. Indeed, "[ s lome degree of abuse is inseparable from the proper use of every thing; and in no instance is this more true than in that of the press_" New York Times, U.S. at 1 (quoting James Madison, Elliot's Debates on the Federal 1 Constitution 1 (».. Estate of Muna v. Commonwealth, 0 MP 1 shall read as follows:,1 The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Constitution require that when private property is taken for public use by eminent domain, "just compensation" must be provided to 1 1 the owner. Kirby Forest Indus., Inc. v. United States, U.S. 1, (1. 11. Commonwealth v. Bias, 0 MP, shall read as follows: The Commonwealth charged BIas with vehicular homicide, reckless driving, and driving under the influence of alcohol. On October, 0, the jury heard the vehicular homicide charge, while the trial court heard the reckless driving and driving under the influence charges. On November, 0, the jury returned a verdict acquitting BIas on the vehicular homicide charge, but the trial court found him guilty of reckless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol. BIas timely appealed. SO ORDERED. Entered this ay k of 11. --
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