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TOWNSEND v. STATE

No. C6-02-61.

646 N.W.2d 218 (2002)

Otha E. TOWNSEND, a/k/a Umar M. Abdullah, Petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otha E. Townsend, a/k/a, Umar M. Abdullah, pro se, Bayport, MN, Appellant's Attorney.

Michael A. Hatch, Minnesota Attorney General, Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney, Mark Nathan Lystig, Assistant Ramsey County Attorney, St. Paul, MN, Respondent's Attorneys.

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

OPINION

BLATZ, Chief Justice.

Otha Townsend appeals from the denial of his second petition for postconviction relief. Appellant Townsend was convicted of first-degree murder in 1994, and on direct appeal he raised the admissibility of evidence relating to an attempted murder he later pleaded guilty to, committed on the same night as the murder. We held that certain of the evidence was inadmissible but its admission was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt...

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