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STATE v. EDWARDS

No. A06-820.

736 N.W.2d 334 (2007)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Kevin EDWARDS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

July 31, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Kelly O'Neill Moller, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Kathleen Heaney, Sherburne County Attorney, Elk River, MN, for respondent.

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Jodie L. Carlson, Assistant Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by SHUMAKER, Presiding Judge; PETERSON, Judge; and ROSS, Judge.

OPINION

SHUMAKER, Judge.

Appellant Kevin Edwards challenges his conviction of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, arguing that he was denied a fair trial because the attorney who represented him was suffering from mental illness during the trial. Appellant argues that an attorney's mental illness during the representation is presumptively prejudicial and should qualify as structural error. Appellant also argues that his attorney exhibited aberrant behavior...

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