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HOLT v. STATE

No. A08-223.

772 N.W.2d 470 (2009)

Clarence Allen HOLT, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodora Gaitas, Assistant State Public Defender, St. Paul, Minnesota, for appellant.

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and James C. Backstrom, Dakota County Attorney, Cheri A. Townsend, Assistant Dakota County Attorney, Hastings, Minnesota, for respondent.

MEYER, J. Dissenting, PAGE and ANDERSON, PAUL H., JJ.

OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

A Dakota County jury found Clarence Holt guilty of first-degree premeditated murder, second-degree intentional murder, and second-degree murder while committing or attempting to commit the felony offense of assault in the second degree, for the May 13, 1997, shooting death of Frederick Pitts. The district court sentenced Holt to life in prison for first-degree premeditated murder. Nine years later, Holt filed a petition for postconviction...

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