Filed 4/5/00 by Clerk of Supreme Court
IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
Larry Raymond Soum, Defendant and Appellant
No. 990305
Appeal from the District Court of Ward County, Northwest Judicial District, the Honorable Glenn Dill, III, Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Per Curiam.
Rozanna C. Larson, Assistant State's Attorney, Courthouse, P.O. Box 5005, Minot, ND 58702-5005, for plaintiff and appellee. Submitted on brief.
Richard B. Thomas, 13 First Ave. SW, Suite 500, P.O. Box 2298, Minot, ND 58702-2298, for defendant and appellant. Submitted on brief.
State v. Soum
No. 990305
Per Curiam.
[¶1] Larry Soum appeals from his conviction for driving while under suspension, arguing he has a constitutional right to operate a motor vehicle on the roads of North Dakota without a valid license to drive. We have repeatedly rejected that argument. See City of Bismarck v. Stuart , 546 N.W.2d 366, 367 (N.D. 1996); State v. Kouba , 319 N.W.2d 161, 163 (N.D. 1982); see also State v. Ertelt , 548 N.W.2d 775, 776-77 (N.D. 1996). We accordingly affirm Soum’s conviction under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7).
[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
Carol Ronning Kapsner
Dale V. Sandstrom
William A. Neumann
Mary Muehlen Maring