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STATE v. HURD

No. A08-0539.

763 N.W.2d 17 (2009)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Russell John HURD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Hammerling, Chief State Appellate Public Defender, Roy G. Spurbeck, Assistant State Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Doug Johnson, Washington County Attorney, Robert Molstad, Assistant County Attorney, Stillwater, MN, for respondent.

OPINION

GILDEA, Justice.

In 1993, a jury found appellant, Russell John Hurd, guilty of one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder for the 1981 homicide of Viola Linnerooth. Based on the first-degree murder conviction, the district court sentenced Hurd to life in prison. Hurd appealed his conviction to this court, but obtained a stay of the appeal in order to pursue postconviction relief. The postconviction court denied Hurd's...

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