Court Opinion

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FILED
                                                                      IN THE OFFICE OF THE
                                                                   CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
                                                                        FEBRUARY 16, 2023
                                                                    STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                  IN THE SUPREME COURT
                  STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                                 2023 ND 13

Joshua Cook,                                         Petitioner and Appellant
  v.
State of North Dakota,                              Respondent and Appellee

                                No. 20220271

Appeal from the District Court of Cass County, East Central Judicial District,
the Honorable Steven E. McCullough, Judge.

AFFIRMED.

Per Curiam.

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

Nicholas S. Samuelson (argued) and Kara S. Olson (on brief), Assistant State’s
Attorneys, Fargo, ND, for respondent and appellee.
                                  Cook v. State
                                  No. 20220271

Per Curiam.

[¶1]   Joshua Cook appeals from a district court’s judgment denying his
application for post-conviction relief. The court considered N.D.C.C. § 29-32.1-
12(1) and found that Cook’s claim was fully and finally determined during the
appeal of his criminal conviction. Cook argues the court erred because it did not
apply what he characterizes as an ameliorative penal change to N.D.C.C. § 19-
03.1-23(2) that went into effect after his sentencing date but before his conviction
was affirmed on appeal.

[¶2]   After reviewing the record, the district court did not err in its findings of
fact or conclusions of law. The court did not err in relying on our prior decision
in State v. Cook, 2018 ND 100, ¶ 31, 910 N.W.2d 179, that determined Cook was
properly sentenced under the law in effect at the time of the sentencing hearing
and prior to the effective date of the statutory amendment. We summarily affirm
under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2) and (7).

[¶3] Jon J. Jensen, C.J.
     Daniel J. Crothers
     Lisa Fair McEvers
     Douglas A. Bahr
     Daniel D. Narum, D.J.

[¶4] The Honorable Daniel D. Narum, D.J., sitting in place of Tufte, J.,
disqualified.

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