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SCALES v. STATE

No. CX-00-1001.

620 N.W.2d 706 (2001)

Michael Jerome SCALES, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 11, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Anthony Torres, Richfield, MN, for appellant.

Michael A. Hatch, Minnesota Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, Linda M. Freyer, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

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

OPINION

RUSSELL A. ANDERSON, Justice.

We consider whether the postconviction court erred in denying a petition for postconviction relief brought only on a due process issue previously raised on direct appeal. We affirm the decision of the postconviction court denying the petition without evidentiary hearing.

In 1993, petitioner was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend's mother. On direct appeal, we affirmed the...

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