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STATE v. FORT

No. A08-0027.

768 N.W.2d 335 (2009)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Eugene Erick FORT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied July 27, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Lawrence Hammerling, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Jessica Merz Godes, Assistant State Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

OPINION

MAGNUSON, Chief Justice.

Appellant Eugene Erick Fort was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, Minn.Stat. § 609.185(a)(1) (2008), and first-degree murder while committing burglary, Minn.Stat. § 609.185(a)(3), in connection with the December 15, 1990, stabbing death of 11-year-old Marcus Potts. Fort asserts five errors, and also raises additional arguments in his pro se brief. We affirm in part and hold that Fort's asserted errors...

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