MONTANARO v. STATE

No. A10-1633.

802 N.W.2d 726 (2011)

Lawrence James MONTANARO, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Merchant , Chief Appellate Public Defender, Michael F. Cromett , Assistant State Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Mark S. Rubin , St. Louis County Attorney, James T. Nephew , Assistant County Attorney, Duluth, MN, for respondent.


OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

In this first-degree murder case, appellant Lawrence James Montanaro appeals from an order denying his petition for postconviction relief. The petition, which Montanaro filed after the statute of limitations for filing a postconviction petition expired, alleged that Montanaro was entitled to a new trial because the trial court's self-defense jury instruction and the prosecutor's closing...

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