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STATE v. GUSTAFSON

No. CX-98-1465.

610 N.W.2d 314 (2000)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Terri GUSTAFSON, petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 18, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, Minnesota State Public Defender, and Michael F. Cromett, Assistant State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, James B. Early, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, and John J. Muhar, Itasca County Attorney, Grand Rapids, for respondent.

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

OPINION

BLATZ, Chief Justice.

Appellant Terri Gustafson appeals from a Minnesota Court of Appeals decision affirming her convictions for first- and second-degree assault for shooting her husband in the leg. Gustafson sought a new trial on the grounds that the jury should have received instructions on the defenses of self-defense and accident, or that her attorney's failure to request such instructions was ineffective assistance of counsel. The court of appeals...

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