COOPER v. STATE

No. C7-96-1838.

565 N.W.2d 27 (1997)

Edward Maurice COOPER, Petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied August 5, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Dean R. Karau, Special Assistant Public Defender, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, Albert T. Goins, Sr., St. Paul, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Attorney General, St. Paul, for respondent.

Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Donna J. Wolfson, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by SHORT, P.J., and LANSING and KLAPHAKE, JJ.


OPINION

SHORT, Judge.

A jury convicted Edward Maurice Cooper of three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of kidnapping. On appeal from his conviction, sentence, and denial of postconviction relief, Cooper argues: (1) he was denied assistance of counsel by his attorney's failure to provide a sign language interpreter; (2) he was denied effective assistance due to his attorney's conflict of interest; (3) the postconviction court erred...

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