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LEAKE v. STATE

No. A08-1596.

767 N.W.2d 5 (2009)

Pierre Lamont LEAKE, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 18, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Hammerling, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Mark D. Nyvold, Special Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Michael K. Walz, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.

OPINION

DIETZEN, Justice.

On September 22, 2003, a jury found appellant Pierre Lamont Leake guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release.1 On direct appeal, we affirmed Leake's conviction and sentence. State v. Leake (Leake I), 699 N.W.2d 312, 328 (Minn.2005). Subsequently, Leake filed a pro se postconviction petition...

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