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Wickham v. State

Docket No. 20210313
Oral Argument: Thursday, April 28, 2022 10:45 AM

Docket Info

Title
Corey Wickham, Petitioner and Appellee
v.
State of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellant
Case Type
CIVIL APPEAL : POST-CONVICTION RELIEF
Appeal From
Case No. 2020-CV-02968
South Central Judicial District, Burleigh County
Bobbi Brown Weiler
2022 ND 116974 N.W.2d 646
Oral Argument 4/28/2022

Highlight

A comment on a defendant’s post-arrest silence is an improper comment on the right to remain silent in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.

In considering whether counsel’s failure to object to a Doyle violation establishes a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different in the postconviction relief context, the district court must consider the factors outlined in State v. Wilder, 2018 ND 93, ¶ 9, 909 N.W.2d 684. They include: (1) the use to which the prosecution puts the post arrest silence; (2) who elected to pursue the line of questioning; (3) the quantum of other evidence indicative of guilt; (4) the intensity and frequency of the reference; and (5) the availability to the trial judge of an opportunity to grant a motion for mistrial or to give curative instructions.

A witness’s isolated reference to a defendant’s invocation of his right to counsel, without further elaboration or further mention by the State at any other time during the trial or in closing arguments, does not warrant a new trial for the defendant.


Briefs

Filing Date Description
02/23/2022 APPELLANT BRIEF View
03/22/2022 APPELLEE BRIEF View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLANT ASST. STATE'S ATTORNEY Joshua Andrew Amundson - 09158
APPELLANT ASST. STATE'S ATTORNEY David Lee Rappenecker - 09575
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Lloyd Clayton Suhr - 05405

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

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 11/09/2021 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 11/09/2021
2 11/09/2021 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 11/16/2021
3 11/10/2021 ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : VandeWalle, Gerald W.
4 11/10/2021 NOT. OF FILING NOT. OF APPEAL AND PROOF OF SERV.
5 11/10/2021 Notice served on Joshua A. Amundson, David L. Rappenecker, & Lloyd C. Suhr
6 12/07/2021 ELEC. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED DECEMBER 7, 2021 (ENTRY NOS.1-24 & 27-47) (NOT SENT NOS. 10-CD)
7 12/09/2021 ELEC. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED DECEMBER 7, 2021 (ENTRY NOS.1-244) (NOT SENT NOS. 117, 121
8 12/09/2021 &112) (UNDERLYING)
9 01/13/2022 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED JULY 7, 2021
10 01/13/2022 TRANSCRIPT C.O.S.
11 01/18/2022 Rec'd amended Transcript C.O.S.
12 02/23/2022 APPELLANT BRIEF View
13 02/23/2022 Oral Argument Request by Appellant
14 02/25/2022 Rec'd 3 copies of ATB from CSD (no ATA)
15 03/22/2022 APPELLEE BRIEF View
16 03/22/2022 Oral Argument Request by Appellee
17 03/24/2022 NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT
18 03/24/2022 SITTING WITH THE COURT : Haskell, Bruce B.
19 03/24/2022 Rec'd 3 copies of the AEB from CSD
20 04/28/2022 APPEARANCES: Joshua A. Amundson & David L. Rappenecker/Lloyd C. Suhr
21 04/28/2022 ARGUED: David L. Rappenecker/Lloyd C. Suhr
22 04/28/2022 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
23 05/26/2022 DISPOSITION
24 05/26/2022 UNANIMOUS OPINION : Tufte, Jerod E. View
25 05/26/2022 Judgment View
26 06/17/2022 MANDATE