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SCOTT v. STATE

No. A09-1769.

788 N.W.2d 497 (2010)

James Leroy SCOTT, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 23, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Merchant , Chief Appellate Public Defender, Melissa Sheridan , Assistant State Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Wm. F. Klumpp, Jr. , Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Charles Rasmussen , Todd County Attorney, Long Prairie, MN, for respondent.

OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

After a 1992 jury trial, appellant James Leroy Scott was found guilty and subsequently convicted of first-degree murder in Todd County District Court and sentenced to life in prison. At trial, as it did in Gassler v. State, 787 N.W.2d 575 (Minn. 2010), the State presented the testimony of an FBI agent who, relying on Composite Bullet Lead Analysis...

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