Dodge v. State

Citations

• 942 N.W.2d 478
• 2020 ND 100

Syllabus

Whether a defendant is competent to plead guilty is a finding of fact. When a district court is presented with conflicting expert evidence, we resolve evidentiary conflicts in favor of affirmance. A defendant claiming he or she was incompetent to plead guilty raising ineffective assistance of counsel must demonstrate by a reasonable probability, sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome, that he or she was not competent to plead guilty.