Addai v. North Dakota
Annotate this CaseElijah Addai appealed after a district court’s dismissed his request for post-conviction relief. Addai was convicted by jury of class AA felony murder for the fatal stabbing of David Delonais. Addai claimed the North Dakota Supreme Court’s discussion of public trials in North Dakota v. Martinez, 956 N.W.2d 772 (2021), created a new rule that had to be applied retroactively, was applicable to his case, and precluded the dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief. To this, the Supreme Court disagreed and affirmed dismissal of the request for post-conviction relief.
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