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Ordahl v. Lykken, et al. 2022 ND 193
Docket No.: 20220115
Filing Date: 11/10/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Contracts
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

Williamson v. State 2022 ND 192
Docket No.: 20220186
Filing Date: 11/10/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: A district court order denying an application for post-conviction relief is summarily reversed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(b).

Williamson v. State 2022 ND 192
Docket No.: 20220186
Filing Date: 11/10/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Per Curiam

Troubadour Oil & Gas v. Rustad, et al. 2022 ND 191
Docket No.: 20220196
Filing Date: 11/10/2022
Case Type: Original Proceeding - Civil - Writ of Supervision
Author: Crothers, Daniel John

Highlight: This Court’s authority to issue supervisory writs is discretionary and is used only to rectify errors and prevent injustice in extraordinary cases where no adequate alternative remedy exists.

Whether the attorney-client privilege is waived depends on the circumstances of each case.

The discovery rules relating to work product do not apply to discovery of an expert’s information.

Disclosing a client or client representative as an expert witness is not a per se waiver of any privileges.

Troubadour Oil & Gas v. Rustad, et al. 2022 ND 191
Docket No.: 20220196
Filing Date: 11/10/2022
Case Type: Original Proceeding - Civil - Writ of Supervision
Author: Crothers, Daniel John

Addai v. State 2022 ND 190
Docket No.: 20220044
Filing Date: 11/10/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

Highlight: A defendant’s ability to waive their right to a public trial knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily, as declared in State v. Martinez, 2021 ND 42, ¶ 13, 956 N.W.2d 772, is not retroactive in application to previous cases as it is neither a substantive rule nor a rule that qualifies as watershed implicating the fundamental fairness and accuracy of a criminal proceeding.

Addai v. State 2022 ND 190
Docket No.: 20220044
Filing Date: 11/10/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

Kuntz v. State 2022 ND 189
Docket No.: 20220053
Filing Date: 11/10/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

Highlight: Whether a defendant is competent to enter a plea is a question of fact, and a district court’s finding on the issue will not be set aside unless clearly erroneous.

Conflicts in testimony are resolved in favor of affirmance, as we recognize the district court is in a superior position to assess credibility of witnesses and weigh the evidence.

In a post-conviction relief proceeding to withdraw a guilty plea, the defendant must prove a manifest injustice requires withdrawal of a guilty plea.

Kuntz v. State 2022 ND 189
Docket No.: 20220053
Filing Date: 11/10/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

Kratz v. State 2022 ND 188
Docket No.: 20220087
Filing Date: 11/10/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

Highlight: A district court does not abuse its discretion when it dismisses an application for post-conviction relief where the applicant failed to provide any evidentiary support for the claims.

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