Opinion ID: 1249183
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Heading: ineffective assistance of postconviction appeal counsel

Text: Dandridge next asserts that his postconviction appeal counsel was ineffective. As support for this argument, Dandridge argues that in 1993, the Nebraska Legislature amended Neb.Rev.Stat. § 29-3004 (Reissue 1995) to provide that attorneys appointed to represent a defendant in a postconviction proceeding shall be competent and shall provide effective counsel. A defendant moving for postconviction relief must allege facts which, if proved, constitute a denial or violation of his or her rights under the state or federal Constitution. State v. Caddy, 262 Neb. 38, 628 N.W.2d 251 (2001). In State v. Hunt, 262 Neb. 648, 634 N.W.2d 475 (2001), we ruled that notwithstanding the 1993 amendment to § 29-3004, there is no constitutional guarantee of effective assistance of counsel in a postconviction action. State v. Hunt, supra . Dandridge's ineffective assistance of postconviction counsel claim, premised upon § 29-3004, is without merit.