STATE v. CLARK

No. 49974.

296 N.W.2d 372 (1980)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Edward R. CLARK, Petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender and Ronald Haskvitz, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Thomas Fabel, Deputy Atty. Gen. and Jane Prohaska, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Harry Christian, County Atty., LeCenter, for respondent.

Heard before OTIS, KELLY and WAHL, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


KELLY, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder in the slaying of Barbara Jiminez. He later petitioned for post-conviction relief on various grounds, including evidentiary matters, prosecution suppression of discovery materials, severity of sentences, improper closing argument by prosecution, lack of probable cause for arrest or search, and insufficiency of evidence to support a conviction. The district court found against defendant on all issues and...

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