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OPSAHL v. STATE

No. A03-298.

677 N.W.2d 414 (2004)

Darby Jon OPSAHL, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 8, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Magarian, Christopher A. Young, Shari Jerde, Heather D. Redmond, Thomas M. Jancik, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, Michael K. Junge, McLeod County Attorney, Amy E. Olson, Asst. McLeod County Attorney, Glencoe, MN, for Respondent.

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

OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

This case comes to us from the district court's denial of an evidentiary hearing for post-conviction relief. On October 23, 1992, a jury convicted appellant, Darby Jon Opsahl, of the 1986 murder of Margaret Rehmann. The state based its case on statements Opsahl made to police during the initial investigation of the crime and on testimony of several of Opsahl's acquaintances who claimed to have heard Opsahl make certain admissions...

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