Hoover v. State

SWANSTROM, Judge.

James Hoover appeals from the district court’s summary dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief. The issues are whether Hoover’s petition raised genuine issues of material fact preventing summary dismissal, and whether the district court followed proper procedure in dismissing the petition. We affirm.

On the advice of counsel, Hoover pled guilty to grand theft and two counts of petit theft. He was sentenced to the custody of the State Board of Correction for an indeterminate ten-year term for the grand theft and for two concurrent one-year terms for the two petit…