State v. Finley

¶1 Daniel Warren Finley (Finley), pursuant to a plea agreement, plead guilty to felony DUI and received a one-year sentence in the Montana State Prison with three years suspended. He filed a pro se Petition for Postconviction Relief claiming that his counsel had been ineffective. The District Court dismissed the Petition for failure to state a claim for which relief was available. Finley appeals this dismissal. We affirm.

ISSUE

¶2 The parties present different issues on appeal. We conclude that the proper issue before this Court is whether the District Court erred when it dismissed Finley’s…