Case Name: Michael Keondre SMITH, Petitioner and Appellant v. STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: North Dakota
Decision Date: 2019-02-21
Citations: 923 N.W.2d 149
Docket Number: No. 20180276
Parties: Michael Keondre SMITH, Petitioner and Appellant
v.
STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 923
Pages: 149–149

Head Matter:
Michael Keondre SMITH, Petitioner and Appellant
v.
STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
No. 20180276
Supreme Court of North Dakota.
Filed February 21, 2019
Scott O. Diamond, 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] Michael Keondre Smith appealed from a district court order denying his application for post-conviction relief. Smith argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel based on his trial counsel's failure to reasonably investigate prior to trial and failure to call a police officer as a witness. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2). See Steinbach v. State , 2015 ND 34, ¶ 10, 859 N.W.2d 1 ("[t]he applicant must first overcome the strong presumption counsel's representation fell within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance.").
[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
Jerod E. Tufte
Daniel J. Crothers
Lisa Fair McEvers
Jon J. Jensen