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CHAMBERS v. STATE

No. A08-1588.

769 N.W.2d 762 (2009)

Timothy Patrick CHAMBERS, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Hawkins, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and G. Paul Beaumaster, Rice County Attorney, Benjamin Bejar, Assistant County Attorney, Faribault, MN, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.

OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

Appellant Timothy Patrick Chambers seeks review of a denial of his petition for postconviction relief. He alleges that his trial counsel was ineffective and that, at trial, the district court erred by not instructing the jury on lesser-included offenses. We affirm.

In 1998, Chambers was tried in connection with the death of Rice County Sheriff's Deputy John Liebenstein. Chambers was found guilty of first-degree murder of a...

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