PEDERSON v. STATE

No. C2-01-2136.

649 N.W.2d 161 (2002)

Ryan Michael PEDERSON, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 1, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah K. Ellis, Saint Paul, for Appellant.

Mike Hatch, Minnesota Attorney General, Saint Paul, Robert M.A. Johnson, Anoka County Attorney, Marcy S. Crain, Assistant Anoka County Attorney, Anoka County Government Center, Anoka, for Respondent.

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


OPINION

ANDERSON, Russell A., Justice.

Ryan Michael Pederson appeals from the order of the Anoka County District Court denying his petition for postconviction relief. The postconviction court denied the petition without a hearing, adopting verbatim the state's proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law and order. Out of concern that the process employed here gives the appearance of impropriety, we reverse and remand for reconsideration.

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