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TORRES v. STATE

No. A03-1624.

688 N.W.2d 569 (2004)

Rusttee Allan TORRES, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 18, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Michael Zrimsek, Northfield, MN, for Appellant.

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and G. Paul Beaumaster, Rice County Attorney, Faribault, MN, for Respondent.

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

OPINION

HANSON, Justice.

In his petition for postconviction relief, appellant Rusttee Allan Torres claims ineffective assistance of trial counsel, arguing that counsel improperly conceded Torres' guilt to certain elements of the crimes with which he was charged. We conclude from our review of the trial record that counsel did not make concessions of guilt. Thus Torres' claim does not fall within any exception to the procedural bar of State v. Knaffla...

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