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GATES v. STATE

No. C6-85-2273.

398 N.W.2d 558 (1987)

Coley (NMN) GATES, Respondent, v. STATE of Minnesota, Petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas L. Johnson, Hennepin Co. Atty., Vernon E. Bergstrom, Chief, Appellate Section, Michael Richardson, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Charles L. Hawkins, St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.

OPINION

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

We granted the state's petition for review of the decision of the Court of Appeals holding that the trial court erred in denying defendant's 1985 petition for relief, in the form of a new trial, from two 1983 convictions of assault with a dangerous weapon, Minn.Stat. § 609.222 (1984). The Court of Appeals ruled that defendant's trial counsel failed to represent him effectively, that defendant was prejudiced as a result...

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