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Ernst v. State

Docket No. 20030330
Oral Argument: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 4:00pm

Docket Info

Title
Ronald R. Ernst, Petitioner and Appellant
v.
State of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
Case Type
CIVIL APPEAL : POST-CONVICTION RELIEF
Appeal From
Case No. 03-C-00086
East Central Judicial District, Cass County
Michael O. McGuire
2004 ND 152683 N.W.2d 891

Highlight

A guilty plea is a 'critical stage' in the criminal process so the constitutional right to counsel attaches.
A plea may be adjudged involuntary and withdrawn if a defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel for the plea. To prove an ineffective assistance of counsel, a defendant must show a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors, he would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted on going to trial.
Failure to file pretrial motions, by itself, does not equate to ineffective assistance of counsel.

Briefs

Filing Date Description
02/09/2004 APPELLANT BRIEF View
03/11/2004 APPELLEE BRIEF View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLANT COURT APPOINTED Monty Grant Mertz - 03778
APPELLEE ASST. STATE'S ATTORNEY Trent William Mahler - 05817

(Note: Attachments may not be available for recently filed cases and/or confidential documents.)

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 11/12/2003 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 11/05/2003
2 11/12/2003 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 11/05/2003
3 11/24/2003 RETENTION OF RECORD ON APPEAL : 12/25/2003
4 12/29/2003 TRANSCRIPT DATED October 10, 2003
5 12/29/2003 DISK - TRA of Oct. 10, 2003
6 01/02/2004 RECORD ON APPEAL (Not Received was #39 (Tape))
7 01/02/2004 Record (Cass Co. No. 02-K-01810) & Separate #12 (Confidential) (NOT REC'D): #8 (Scheduling Order);
8 01/02/2004 and 13 & 14 (Tapes)
9 01/15/2004 Supplemental Clerk's Certificate dated 1-13-04 (Entry Nos. 64 & 65)
10 02/09/2004 APPELLANT BRIEF View
11 02/09/2004 APPELLANT APPENDIX
12 02/09/2004 DISK - ATB (e-mailed)
13 03/11/2004 APPELLEE BRIEF View
14 03/12/2004 DISK - (e-mailed) AEB
15 03/15/2004 Amended Supplemental Clerk's Certificate dated 3/11/04 for Case No. K-01810 (Entry Nos. 27-32)
16 04/02/2004 Requests to waive argument (letters dated 3/30 from Mertz and 3/25 from Mahler)
17 04/02/2004 ACTION BY SUPREME COURT (Waiver of oral argument) - Granted
18 04/20/2004 Supplemental Clerk's Certificate dated 4-19-04 (Entry Nos. 33-36)
19 04/28/2004 APPEARANCES: submitted on briefs
20 04/28/2004 ARGUED: submitted on briefs (Vol. Y; Page 235)
21 07/09/2004 Supplemental Clerk's Certificated dated 7-8-04 (Entry Nos. 37-54)
22 07/15/2004 Supplemental Clerk's Certificate dated 7-14-04 (Entries 55 - 58)
23 07/22/2004 DISPOSITION
24 07/22/2004 UNANIMOUS OPINION : Neumann, William A. View
25 07/26/2004 Judgment Mailed to Parties
26 08/04/2004 PETITION FOR REHEARING View
27 08/12/2004 Corrected TOA & page 4 for PER
28 08/12/2004 DISK NONCOMPLIANCE (Certificate of Statement from Mr. Ernst) (scanned Pet/Rehearing)
29 08/31/2004 ACTION BY SUPREME COURT (PER) - Denied
30 09/09/2004 MANDATE
31 09/13/2004 RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE
32 04/20/2011 EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed