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STATE v. DOBBINS

No. A05-320.

725 N.W.2d 492 (2006)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Demetrius Devell DOBBINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 28, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie J. Rosenberg, Assistant State Public Defender, Office of the State Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.

Mike Hatch, Minnesota State Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, Robert M.A. Johnson, Anoka County Attorney, Marcy S. Crain, Assistant Anoka County Attorney, Anoka, MN, for Respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice.

An Anoka County jury found Demetrius Devell Dobbins guilty of first-degree premeditated murder for the shooting death of Quintin Roderick Lavender. The district court sentenced Dobbins to life in prison. On direct appeal, Dobbins argues that (1) the district court erred in allowing the only African-American venireperson to be struck from serving on the jury; (2) the court violated Dobbins' Sixth Amendment right to effectively...

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