Opinion
110,925.
11-07-2014
James R. DUDLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Kansas, Appellee.
Adam M. Hall, of Collister & Kampschroeder, of Lawrence, for appellant. Patrick J. Hurley, assistant district attorney, Charles E. Branson, district attorney, and Derek Schmidt, attorney general, for appellee.
Adam M. Hall, of Collister & Kampschroeder, of Lawrence, for appellant.
Patrick J. Hurley, assistant district attorney, Charles E. Branson, district attorney, and Derek Schmidt, attorney general, for appellee.
Before McANANY, P.J., ARNOLD–BURGER, J., and LARSON, S.J.
Opinion
PER CURIAM.
James R. Dudley pled no contest to aggravated battery and two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer on March 27, 2008.
Dudley's convictions were affirmed by our Court of Appeals in State v. Dudley, No. 100,590, summary disposition order filed September 5, 2008, rev. denied November 4, 2008.
In 2010, Dudley brought a K.S.A. 60–1507 motion in the district court arguing his plea counsel was ineffective for failing to fully understand and investigate the defense of mental disease or defect in his case. See Dudley v. State, No. 106,271, 2012 WL 1072812 (Kan.App.2012) (unpublished opinion) (reversing and remanding with directions).
The district court then granted an evidentiary hearing where both Dudley and his plea counsel testified. Following the hearing, the district court denied Dudley's motion in a 12–page written opinion.
Dudley has appealed.
We have reviewed the entire record, including the testimony at the evidentiary hearing on the K.S.A. 60–1507 motion where Dudley was represented by diligent counsel.
The district judge's well-reasoned and comprehensive opinion, including findings of fact based on substantial competent evidence and legally correct conclusions of law, adequately explain the district court's decision, which we affirm under Supreme Court Rule 7.042(b)(2) and (5) (2013 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 64).
Affirmed.