CARNEY v. STATE

No. A04-513.

692 N.W.2d 888 (2005)

Mark CARNEY, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 10, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah K. Ellis, St. Paul, MN, for Appellant.

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, Kimberly Parker, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for Respondent.

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


OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

Appellant Mark Carney appeals from a summary denial of his petition for postconviction relief alleging, inter alia, that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel because his lawyer did not adequately investigate his mental health history and failed to present medical evidence at trial that may have supported Carney's heat of passion defense and mitigated the element of premeditation. The postconviction...

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