Former N.D. work comp director demands new trial

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A lawyer for former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt says prosecutors withheld crucial evidence in Blunt's felony trial.

Blunt was convicted in December 2008 of misspending more than $26,000 in Workforce Safety and Insurance funds. North Dakota's Supreme Court upheld his conviction.

Blunt's lawyer, Mike Hoffman, filed papers in state district court on Thursday asking a judge to dismiss the case or grant Blunt a new trial.

Hoffman says prosecutors didn't provide copies of police interviews of some key witnesses, even though Hoffman asked for them.

Burleigh County prosecutor Cynthia Feland has already asked a judge to determine whether she broke any rules in failing to turn over material to Blunt's lawyer.

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