MARTIN v. STATE

No. A07-2150.

748 N.W.2d 294 (2008)

John Steven MARTIN, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Steven Martin, Stillwater MN, Appellant Pro Se.

Lori Swanson, Minnesota Attorney General, St. Paul MN, and Thomas H. Pertler, Carlton County Attorney, Nichole Jean Carter, Assistant County Attorney, Carlton MN, for Respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.


OPINION

RUSSELL A. ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

Appellant John Steven Martin appeals the district court's summary denial of his petition for postconviction relief. We affirm.

Martin was convicted in 1999 of the August 28, 1996, murder of 17-year-old Paul Antonich. On direct appeal, he argued (1) that his right to equal protection was violated by the State's peremptory strike of the only African American in the jury pool; (2) that the district court abused...

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