Case Name: Mark Anthony BUTTS, Petitioner and Appellant v. STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: North Dakota
Decision Date: 2018-07-11
Citations: 913 N.W.2d 771
Docket Number: No. 20180002
Parties: Mark Anthony BUTTS, Petitioner and Appellant
v.
STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 913
Pages: 771–772

Head Matter:
Mark Anthony BUTTS, Petitioner and Appellant
v.
STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
No. 20180002
Supreme Court of North Dakota.
Filed July 11, 2018
Nicholas D. Thornton, Fargo, ND, for petitioner and appellant; submitted on brief.
Marina Spahr, Assistant State's Attorney, Bismarck, ND, for respondent and appellee; submitted on brief.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
[¶1] Mark Anthony Butts appealed from an order denying his application for post-conviction relief. Butts argues the district court erred in denying his application because he received ineffective assistance from his trial counsel and from his counsel on an unsuccessful motion to withdraw his guilty plea in State v. Butts , 2016 ND 226, 888 N.W.2d 206. Because the court's findings of fact are not clearly erroneous and support its conclusion that Butts received effective assistance of counsel, we summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).
[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
Jon J. Jensen
Lisa Fair McEvers
Daniel J. Crothers
Jerod E. Tufte