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STATE v. BEECROFT

Nos. A09-0390, A10-1604.

813 N.W.2d 814 (2012)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Nicole Marie BEECROFT, Appellant (A09-0390), and Nicole Marie Beecroft, petitioner, Appellant, v. State of Minnesota, Respondent (A10-1604).

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson , Minnesota Attorney General, Kimberly R. Parker , Assistant Attorney General, Saint Paul, MN and Peter Orput , Washington County Attorney, Stillwater, MN, for respondent.

John M. Stuart , Minnesota State Public Defender, Sara L. Martin , Assistant State Public Defender, Saint Paul, MN, for appellant.

Julie Ann Jonas , Innocence Project of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN; and David F. Herr , Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Amicus Curiae Innocence Project of Minnesota.

OPINION

ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice.

Nicole Marie Beecroft was found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder under Minn.Stat. § 609.185(a)(1) (2010), for the stabbing death of her newborn baby. The Washington County District Court convicted Beecroft of this offense and sentenced Beecroft, who was 17 years old and 9 months of age at the time of her baby's death, to life imprisonment without the possibility of release. Beecroft filed a direct appeal...

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