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THOMPSON v. STATE

No. C3-85-1663.

384 N.W.2d 461 (1986)

T. Eugene THOMPSON, Petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Oakes, Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Jack S. Nordby, James Kerr, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Tom Foley, Hennepin Co. Atty., Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. Co. Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

COYNE, Justice.

On December 6, 1963, T. Eugene Thompson was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The facts surrounding the brutal murder of Thompson's wife, Carol, are set out in detail in State v. Thompson, 273 Minn. 1, 139 N.W.2d 490, cert. denied, 385 U.S. 817, 87 S.Ct. 39, 17 L.Ed.2d 56 (1966), in which the judgment of conviction was affirmed, and will not be repeated on this, the...

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