Hendricks v. State

¶1 On November 6, 2001, the State charged John Tice Hendricks with attempted deliberate homicide and aggravated assault. The District Court appointed Scott Spencer-who, in 1993, prosecuted Hendricks on a different charge while serving as Lincoln County Attomey-to serve as Hendricks’s counsel. Hendricks pled not guilty; a jury subsequently found him guilty of aggravated assault. On May 12, 2004, Hendricks filed a petition for postconviction relief. The District Court issued an order denying the petition. Hendricks appeals the court’s judgment.

¶2 We restate the issues as follows:

¶3 1. Is there…