Legal Opinion

Breding v. State

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1998No. Civil 970401PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEUMANN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Damien David Breding appealed from a district court order denying his application for post-conviction relief. We affirm.

[¶ 2] In 1994, a jury found Breding guilty on two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. The jury found Breding, at age 16, purposely set fire to the home of Bradley and Paula Peterson in Powers Lake during the early morning hours of March 31, 1991. The Petersons’ twin six-year-old daughters died in the fire and Bradley Peterson was injured. Breding’s convictions were affirmed on appeal by this court in State v. Breding, 526 N.W.2d 465…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Joseph R. Spaziano v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Thomas L. Barton, Superintendent, Florida State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  3. State v. RicehillNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
  4. State v. BrownNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Falcon v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Heckelsmiller v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2004
  2. Garcia v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Greywind v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2004
  4. DeCoteau v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Patten v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2008

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