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TOWNSEND v. STATE

No. C7-97-1638.

582 N.W.2d 225 (1998)

Otha Eric TOWNSEND, petitioner Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otha Eric Townsend, Pro Se, Minnesota Correctional Facility, Stillwater.

Hubert H. Humphrey, Minnesota Attorney General, Sue Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney, Mark Nathan Lystig, Assistant Ramsey County Attorney, St. Paul, for Respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.

OPINION

GILBERT, Justice.

Otha Eric Townsend appeals from a postconviction court's denial of his petition for relief without granting an evidentiary hearing. Townsend was convicted of one count of first-degree murder in 1994. We affirmed his conviction on direct appeal in 1996. Townsend subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief, asserting multiple claims including ineffective assistance of counsel, violation of his right to counsel, violation...

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