BISMARCK — The North Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a West Fargo man’s murder conviction.

In a ruling issued Thursday, Oct. 9, the Supreme Court said Spencer Moen’s constitutional right to confront witnesses was not violated by a district court judge’s decision to allow two of Moen’s children to testify at his trial for the August 2023 murder of his wife, Sonja Moen.

In October 2024, a Cass County District Court jury found Spencer Moen guilty of murder for beating his wife and leaving her in a bathtub to die.

During his murder trial, two of his children, who were 5 years old and at home when their mother died, were called by the prosecution to testify.

Their testimony was provided via video from outside the courtroom after two psychologists testified that the children would likely b

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