Lavallie v. State

North Dakota Supreme Court
Lavallie v. State, 2019 ND 119 (N.D. 2019)
926 N.W.2d 708
Per Curiam

Lavallie v. State

Opinion

Per Curiam.

*709 [¶1] Curtis Lavallie appeals a district court order summarily dismissing his post-conviction relief application claiming ineffective assistance of counsel at his probation revocation hearing.

[¶2] Lavallie failed to establish prejudice under Strickland v. Washington , 466 U.S. 668 , 694, 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). Pursuant to an agreement with the State for a specific sentence recommendation, Lavallie admitted to twelve of thirteen allegations supporting the petition to revoke his probation. To establish prejudice, Lavallie must show a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome-his decision to admit to the alleged violations rather than deny them and proceed to a contested revocation hearing. See State v. Yost , 2018 ND 157 , ¶ 25, 914 N.W.2d 508 . Summary dismissal is appropriate where, as is the case here, the application is "clearly and unambiguously contradicted by the record." Stein v. State , 2018 ND 264 , ¶ 10, 920 N.W.2d 477 . We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

[¶3] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.

Jerod E. Tufte

Daniel J. Crothers

Lisa Fair McEvers

Jon J. Jensen

Reference

Full Case Name
Curtis LAVALLIE, Petitioner and Appellant v. STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
Status
Published
Syllabus
A district court order summarily dismissing a post-conviction relief application is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).