Pratt v. State

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the district judge’s order granting the State of Idaho’s motion for summary dismissal of Joseph Pratt’s (Pratt) amended petition for post-conviction relief based on ineffective assistance of counsel.

I

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Pratt and his brother, James Pratt, (the Pratts) disguised themselves in black masks and clothing and went to the residence of Louise Turner, in Bonner County Idaho, with loaded firearms on the night of January 11, 1989. The Pratts entered the residence, bound some of the occupants with tape and forced others to look for…