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FILED
                                                                      IN THE OFFICE OF THE
                                                                   CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
                                                                           APRIL 4, 2024
                                                                    STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                  IN THE SUPREME COURT
                  STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                                 2024 ND 59

Jaime Urrabazo,                                      Petitioner and Appellant
     v.
State of North Dakota,                              Respondent and Appellee

                                No. 20230317

Appeal from the District Court of Cass County, East Central Judicial District,
the Honorable Reid A. Brady, Judge.

AFFIRMED.

Per Curiam.

Kiara C. Kraus-Parr, Grand Forks, ND, for petitioner and appellant.

Derek K. Steiner, Assistant State’s Attorney, Fargo, ND, for respondent and
appellee.
                             Urrabazo v. State
                               No. 20230317

Per Curiam.

[¶1] Jaime Urrabazo appeals from a district court order denying his
application for postconviction relief. Urrabazo argues counsel was ineffective
and in turn, his plea was not voluntary or intelligently made because counsel
failed to explain the offense he was pleading guilty to could be used to enhance
future criminal penalties. Following a hearing, the court found that Urrabazo
failed to establish his attorney’s conduct fell below an objective standard of
reasonableness and, in addition, he did not show the results of the case would
have been different absent the alleged error. We conclude the court’s findings
are not clearly erroneous. We affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

[¶2] Jon J. Jensen, C.J.
     Daniel J. Crothers
     Lisa Fair McEvers
     Jerod E. Tufte
     Douglas A. Bahr

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