Case Name: Derek Matthew WISHAM, Petitioner and Appellant v. STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: North Dakota
Decision Date: 2017-10-17
Citations: 903 N.W.2d 60
Docket Number: No. 20170164
Parties: Derek Matthew WISHAM, Petitioner and Appellant v. STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
Judges: Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 903
Pages: 60–61

Head Matter:
2017 ND 235
Derek Matthew WISHAM, Petitioner and Appellant v. STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
No. 20170164
Supreme Court of North Dakota.
Filed 10/17/2017
Kiara C. Kraus-Parr, Grand Forks, ND, for petitioner and appellant.
Brian D. Grosinger, Assistant State’s Attorney, Mandan, ND, for respondent and appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
[¶ 1] Derek Wisham appealed from a district court order denying his application for post-conviction relief on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel. The district court determined Wisham failed to present any evidence to satisfy the Strickland test for ineffective assistance of counsel. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 85.1(a)(2). Broadwell v. State, 2014 ND 6, ¶ 7, 841 N.W.2d 750 ("Courts need not address both elements of the ineffective assistance of counsel test, and if a court can dispose of the case by addressing only one element, it is encouraged to do so.").
[¶ 2]
Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
Jon J. Jensen
Lisa Fair McEvers
Daniel J. Crothers
Jerod E. Tufte