Wacht v. State

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Daniel Evan Wacht appealed from a district court order summarily dismissing his application for postconviction relief. We conclude the court did not err in summarily dismissing Wacht’s claims for ineffective assistance of counsel and for relief based on newly discovered evidence. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] Wacht was convicted by a jury in 2012 of the murder of Kurt Johnson. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. His conviction was affirmed in State v. Wacht, 2013 ND 126, 833 N.W.2d 455.

[¶ 3] Wacht applied for postconviction relief…