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STATE v. BERKOVITZ

No. A04-1722.

705 N.W.2d 399 (2005)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Susan Rae BERKOVITZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 3, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Rochelle R. Winn, Assistant State Public Defender, Office of the State Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, Jean E. Burdorf, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for Respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

In September 2003, appellant Susan Rae Berkovitz shot and killed Shelley Joseph-Kordell and wounded Richard Hendrickson. On May 4, 2004, after a trial, a jury found Berkovitz guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and attempted first-degree premeditated murder. Berkovitz filed a motion for a new trial, arguing her lawyers had coerced her into not testifying at the trial. The trial court denied the motion, finding Berkovitz's lawyers...

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