WATTS v. STATE

No. 51278.

305 N.W.2d 860 (1981)

Claude WATTS, Jr., petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, and Kathy A. King, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas L. Johnson, County Atty., Vernon E. Bergstrom, Chief, Appellate Section, Asst. County Atty., Thomas A. Weist and Anne E. Peek, Minneapolis, for respondent.

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


OPINION

OTIS, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying a petition for postconviction relief from a 1976 judgment of conviction for assault with a dangerous weapon and attempted aggravated robbery. Minn.Stat. §§ 609.225(2), 609.245, 609.17 (1976). Petitioner is serving consecutive prison terms of 3 to 15 years for the two offenses. He contends (1) that he should be given...

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