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CARPENTER v. STATE

No. A03-490.

674 N.W.2d 184 (2004)

Gene W. CARPENTER, Petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 29, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Nyvold, Special Assistant State Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, Attorneys for Appellant.

Mike Hatch, State Attorney General, Thomas R. Ragatz, St. Paul, MN, Norman J. Loren, Kanabec County Attorney, Mora, MN, Attorneys for Respondent.

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

OPINION

PAUL H. ANDERSON, Justice.

On March 20, 2001, appellant Gene William Carpenter murdered Mark Place and later that same day murdered Tammy Olson. Carpenter entered guilty pleas to first-degree murder charges in both cases and was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences. Carpenter subsequently petitioned for postconviction relief on several grounds, including attorney-client conflict, judicial bias, vindictive prosecution, and diminished capacity...

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