Court Opinion

ID: 9821683
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 08:21:30.470044+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:38:55.050096
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McEVERS, Justice,
specially concurring.
[¶ 14] I agree with and have signed the majority opinion. I write separately to point out that, while a defendant may have a right to counsel on a motion to correct a sentence under N.D.R.Crim.P. 35(a), it appears there is no right to counsel for a motion to ' reduce • ■ a sentence under N.D.R.Crim.P. 35(b). See. Scott v. United States, 473 F.3d 1262, 1263-64 (8th Cir. 2007) (determining there is no Sixth Amendment right to counsel on a motion made under Fed.R.Crim.P. 35(b)); The explanatory note to N.D.R.Crim.P, 35 indicates the rule is derived from Fed. R.Crim.P. 35. Because our rule is adapted from its federal rule counterpart, federal *34interpretations of Fed.R.Crim.P. 35 are persuasive. See State v. Hayes, 2012 ND 9, ¶ 24, 809 N.W.2d 309 (using federal authorities to interpret North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure when, our rule is derived from its federal rule counterpart).
[¶ 15] LISA FAIR McEVERS