VAN STRAATEN v. STATE

No. 43245.

204 N.W.2d 420 (1973)

Ray Fred VAN STRAATEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Connolly, St. Paul, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Curtis D. Forslund, Sol. Gen., Jon K. Murphy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, James R. Korman, County Atty., Faribault, for respondent.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and ROGOSHESKE, TODD, and MacLAUGHLIN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying a petition for postconviction relief. Over 7 years ago, petitioner, represented by retained counsel, was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for causing the death by strangulation of his pregnant girl friend. At the time of the homicide, petitioner was 17 years old and a senior in Faribault High School. In his postconviction petition praying for a new...

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