Bridges v. State , 2022 ND 82 ( 2022 )

FILED
IN THE OFFICE OF THE
CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
APRIL 14, 2022
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
2022 ND 82John Clark Bridges, Petitioner and Appellant
v.
State of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
Nos. 20210351 & 20210352
Appeals from the District Court of Burleigh County, South Central Judicial
District, the Honorable Bruce A. Romanick, Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Per Curiam.
Kiara C. Kraus-Parr, Grand Forks, N.D., for petitioner and appellant;
submitted on brief.
Tessa M. Vaagen, Assistant State’s Attorney, Bismarck, N.D., for respondent
and appellee; submitted on brief.
Bridges v. State
Nos. 20210351 & 20210352
Per Curiam.
[¶1] John Bridges appeals from district court orders summarily dismissing
his applications for postconviction relief as untimely and for lack of a genuine
issue of material fact. Bridges argues he was entitled to an evidentiary hearing
because there were genuine issues of material fact regarding his claims of
newly discovered evidence. We conclude that Bridges’ applications for
postconviction relief were not filed within the two-year statute of limitations
under N.D.C.C. § 29-32.1-01(2). We further conclude he has failed to raise a
genuine issue of material fact of newly discovered evidence, which if proved
and reviewed in light of the evidence as a whole, would establish that he did
not engage in the criminal conduct for which he was convicted. See N.D.C.C.
§ 29-32.1-01(3)(a)(1); Johnson v. State, 2015 ND 7, ¶ 7, 858 N.W.2d 632.
Accordingly, we summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(6) and (7).
[¶2] Jon J. Jensen, C.J.
Gerald W. VandeWalle
Daniel J. Crothers
Lisa Fair McEvers
Jerod E. Tufte
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