STATE v. JAMISON

No. A08-2061

State of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Lathan Lamar Jamison, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Filed December 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, and Janelle P. Kendall, Stearns County Attorney, Chad T. May, Assistant County Attorney, Stearns County Administration Center, St. Cloud, MN, (for respondent)

Marie L. Wolf, Interim Chief Public Defender, Michael W. Kunkel, Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, (for appellant)

Considered and decided by Schellhas, Presiding Judge; Minge, Judge; and Ross, Judge.


UNPUBLISHED OPINION

ROSS, Judge.

In this appeal of his conviction of possession of a weapon by an ineligible person, Lathan Lamar Jamison argues that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at sentencing because his attorney failed to argue for a downward departure even though Jamison had pleaded guilty while expressly indicating his intent to request a sentencing departure. Because Jamison has not established that his attorney's failure to argue...

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