Mitchell v. State

SCHROEDER, Justice.

The district court granted Rob Lee Mitchell (Mitchell) post-conviction relief from ineffective assistance of appellate counsel by allowing Mitchell a new direct appeal of his underlying convictions for attempted first-degree murder and robbery. The state appeals the decision. The district court denied Mitchell post-conviction relief on his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. Mitchell cross-appeals this decision. As a consequence of the district court’s grant of post-conviction relief based on ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, Mitchell was allowed…