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RAIRDON v. STATE

No. C8-95-2552.

557 N.W.2d 318 (1996)

John Albert RAIRDON, Petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa Sheridan, Asst. State Public Defender, St. Paul, for appellant.

Paul R. Kempainen, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Waldemar B. Senyk, Otter Tail County Atty., Fergus Falls, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

GARDEBRING, Justice.

In 1986, appellant John Albert Rairdon pleaded guilty to first- and second-degree intrafamilial sexual abuse, Minn.Stat. §§ 609.3641, subd. 1(2)(e), 609.3642, subd. 1(2)(e) (1984), and was subsequently convicted of first- and second-degree murder, id. §§ 609.185(2), 609.19(1). Rairdon now seeks postconviction relief in two forms: reversal of his murder convictions and remand for a new trial, and reduction...

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