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CARLTON v. STATE

No. A10-2061.

816 N.W.2d 590 (2012)

James Luther CARLTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Merchant , Chief Appellate Public Defender, Cathryn Middlebrook , Assistant Public Defender, Saint Paul, MN, for appellant.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Saint Paul, MN; and Michael O. Freeman , Hennepin County Attorney, Michael Richardson , Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

OPINION

GILDEA, Chief Justice.

Appellant James Luther Carlton was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder and first-degree murder while committing criminal sexual conduct in connection with the death of Jodi Dover. Carlton filed a notice of direct appeal, which we stayed on May 13, 1996, pending postconviction proceedings in the district court. Carlton neither filed a petition for postconviction relief nor followed through with his direct appeal, and...

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