STATE v. KNAFFLA

No. 46111.

243 N.W.2d 737 (1976)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Leslie KNAFFLA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 25, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Furuseth, International Falls, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Richard G. Mark, Asst. Sol. Gen., Kent G. Harbison and Craig H. Forsman, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, and Helen Hill Blanz, County Atty., Grand Rapids, for respondent.

Heard before PETERSON, TODD and SCOTT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


SCOTT, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Itasca County District Court denying appellant's petition for postconviction relief. On June 7, 1974, appellant was convicted by a jury of the crime of simple robbery. He was sentenced on July 1, 1974, to an indeterminate term at the State Prison. On January 7, 1975, after the time for taking a direct appeal had expired,1 he petitioned for postconviction relief. Although the postconviction...

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