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STATE v. CHURCH

Nos. C6-97-1100, C8-96-1220.

577 N.W.2d 715 (1998)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Michael Eugene CHURCH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 23, 1998.

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, Attorney General, Robert M.A. Johnson, Anoka County Attorney, M. Katherine Doty, Asst. County Attorney, Anoka, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

STRINGER, Justice.

We consider here both the direct appeal of Michael Church's convictions for two counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder, and Church's appeal from denial of his petition for postconviction relief. Church challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his murder convictions and argues that the postconviction court abused its discretion by refusing to grant him a Schwartz hearing to determine...

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