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STATE v. PERSITZ

No. C3-93-1840.

518 N.W.2d 843 (1994)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Zachary NMN PERSITZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 30, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Susan K. Maki, Asst. State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, and Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Atty., J. Michael Richardson, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

GARDEBRING, Justice.

Following a jury trial, appellant Zachary Persitz was convicted of one count of first degree premeditated murder in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.185(1) in connection with death of Michael Prozumenshikov on January 28, 1991. Appellant asserted a defense of "not guilty by reason of mental illness," and his trial was bifurcated pursuant to Minn. R.Crim.P. 20.02, subd. 6(2). After the second phase of the bifurcated trial, the...

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