Legal Opinion
Whiteman v. State
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided May 14, 2002No. 20010224PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*706NEUMANN, Justice.
[f 1] Ambrose Joel Whiteman appealed from a judgment summarily dismissing his application for post-conviction relief. We conclude Whiteman has raised a genuine issue of material fact whether his attorney was ineffective for failing to follow his instructions to appeal his criminal conviction, entitling him to an evidentiary hearing on the issue. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
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[¶ 2] On May 22, 1998, a Cass County jury found Whiteman guilty of class AA felony murder in connection with the October 1997 death of Donald Strassberg in Fargo. Whiteman was sentenced…
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