Abdi v. State

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Ismail M. Abdi appealed from a judgment denying his application for post-conviction relief from a conviction entered upon his guilty plea to an assault charge. We hold the post-conviction court did not abuse its discretion in denying Abdi’s request to withdraw his guilty plea and, on this record, Abdi has not shown he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

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[¶2] In August 1998, Abdi, a Somalian native who had been admitted into the United States in 1993, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault under N.D.C.C. § 12.1-17-02 for allegedly…