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McKENZIE v. STATE

No. A08-167.

754 N.W.2d 366 (2008)

Rene Julian McKENZIE, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 7, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rene Julian McKenzie, Minnesota Correctional Facility, Stillwater, MN, pro se appellant.

Lori Swanson, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, MN Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Atty., Michael K. Walz, Asst. Hennpin County Atty., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

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

OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

Rene Julian McKenzie filed a petition for postconviction relief in July 2007. The postconviction court denied his petition without a hearing. We affirm.

On December 2, 1992, a Hennepin County jury convicted McKenzie of first-degree murder in the death of Perry Pajunen, and he was sentenced to life in prison.1 McKenzie appealed to this court in 1993, with the assistance of appellate counsel, raising...

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