Griffith v. State

HART, Judge Pro Tern.

This is an appeal from the district court’s summary dismissal of an application for post-conviction relief. We are asked to determine (1) whether the allegations contained in the application were sufficient to entitle the applicant to an evidentiary hearing on his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, and (2) whether the district court should have granted the applicant’s requests for discovery. For the reasons explained below, we affirm.

Procedural Background

Jerry Griffith pled guilty to manslaughter and received a fixed fifteen-year sentence for kicking a man to…