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STATE v. GANPAT

No. A06-1176.

732 N.W.2d 232 (2007)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Jairam GANPAT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 7, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Saint Paul, MN, James C. Backstrom, Dakota County Attorney, and Cheri A. Townsend, Assistant Dakota County Attorney, Dakota County Judicial Center, Hastings, MN, for respondent.

Jodie L. Carlson, Assistant State Public Defender, Office Of The Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

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

OPINION

HANSON, Justice.

Appellant Jairam Ganpat was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, second-degree intentional murder, and second-degree unintentional felony murder of his girlfriend, Moonku Persaud. Ganpat argues that the district court erred (1) by concluding that he was competent to stand trial, and (2) denying his motion to suppress statements he made to police. We affirm.

On February 18, 2005, police officers entered the victim...

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