Patrick v. State

CHANDLER, J., for the court:

¶ 1. Appellant Howard Arthur Patrick pled guilty to two counts of exploitation of children in both state and federal court. The federal plea was entered on April 2, 1998, and the state plea was entered on February 2, 1999'. Patrick was sentenced to seventy-eight months by the federal court and eight years by the state court with the sentences to run concurrently. Patrick filed a motion for post-conviction collateral relief claiming that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the state conviction was barred by the doctrine of Double Jeopardy. The…