North Dakota Supreme Court· 5/24/2019

State v. Atkins

Citations

2019 ND 145
928 N.W.2d 441

Syllabus

A defendant may not avoid the procedures of the Uniform Postconviction Procedure Act by designating his motion under a rule of criminal procedure or by filing his motion in his criminal file, rather than filing as a new action for post-conviction relief.

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holding evidence was not newly discovered where evidence was provided to defendant prior to trial but defendant admitted he “didn’t really read the discovery”

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Judges: McEvers

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