Case Name: Charles Bradford ODOM, 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 775
Docket Number: No. 20180089
Parties: Charles Bradford ODOM, Petitioner and Appellant
v.
STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 913
Pages: 775–775

Head Matter:
Charles Bradford ODOM, Petitioner and Appellant
v.
STATE of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
No. 20180089
Supreme Court of North Dakota.
Filed July 11, 2018
Bobbi L. Weiler, Bismarck, ND, for petitioner and appellant; submitted on brief.
Julie A. Lawyer, Assistant State's Attorney, Bismarck, ND, for respondent and appellee; submitted on brief.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
[¶ 1] Charles Bradford Odom appealed from a district court order denying his application for post-conviction relief. On appeal, Odom argues the district court erred in denying his application because the recently amended N.D.C.C. § 19-03.1-23(1)(a)(2) is a change in substantive law that should be applied retrospectively in the interest of justice. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7), see State v. Iverson , 2006 ND 193, ¶ 8, 721 N.W.2d 396 (holding a statute lessening punishment may not be applied retroactively to final convictions because it would constitute an invalid exercise by the Legislature of the executive pardoning power).
[¶ 2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
Jon J. Jensen
Lisa Fair McEvers
Daniel J. Crothers
Jerod E. Tufte