FILED
IN THE OFFICE OF THE
CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
MARCH 17, 2022
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
2022 ND 50
Mark Allen Rogers, Petitioner and Appellant
v.
State of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
No. 20210260
Appeal from the District Court of Ward County, North Central Judicial
District, the Honorable Todd L. Cresap, Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Per Curiam.
Kiara C. Kraus-Parr, Grand Forks, ND, for petitioner and appellant.
Christopher W. Nelson, Assistant State’s Attorney, Minot, ND, for respondent
and appellee.
Rogers v. State
No. 20210260
Per Curiam.
[¶1] Mark Allen Rogers appeals from a district court order denying his
petition for postconviction relief. Rogers sought to withdraw his guilty plea,
claiming his trial counsel was ineffective and there was an insufficient factual
basis for his guilty plea. The court denied Rogers’ petition for postconviction
relief. We conclude the district court did not clearly err in finding Rogers failed
to meet his burden to prove ineffective assistance of counsel and in denying
Rogers’ petition for postconviction relief. We summarily affirm under
N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).
[¶2] Jon J. Jensen, C.J.
Gerald W. VandeWalle
Daniel J. Crothers
Jerod E. Tufte
Norman G. Anderson, S.J.
[¶3] The Honorable Norman G. Anderson, S.J., sitting in place of McEvers,
J., disqualified.
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