Legal Opinion

Leavitt v. State

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided July 12, 2017No. 20160398PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Crothers, Justice.

[¶ 1] Heather Leavitt appeals from a district court order summarily dismissing her application for post-conviction relief. Heather Leavitt argues the district court erred in summarily dismissing her application because she received ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm the district court’s order.

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[¶ 2] In 2014 a jury convicted Heather Leavitt of attempted murder. Her conviction was affirmed in State v. Leavitt, 2015 ND 146, 864 N.W.2d 472. There we summarized the facts of the underlying case as follows:

“On February 1, 2014, Timothy Leavitt woke up to being stabbed by…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Heckelsmiller v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Klose v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Steinbach v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2003

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Kalmio v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2018
  2. Garcia v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2017
  3. Morales v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2019
  4. Thorstad v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2018
  5. Yost v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2020

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