STATE v. HOKANSON

Nos. A11-0359, A11-2227.

821 N.W.2d 340 (2012)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Tylar James HOKANSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 3, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Saint Paul, MN; and James C. Backstrom , Dakota County Attorney, Heather D. Pipenhagen , Assistant Dakota County Attorney, Cheri A. Townsend , Special Staff Assistant Dakota County Attorney, Hastings, MN, for respondent.

David W. Merchant , Chief Appellate Public Defender, Leslie J. Rosenberg , Assistant State Public Defender, Saint Paul, MN, for appellant.


OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

Appellant Tylar James Hokanson was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder while committing malicious punishment of a child with a past pattern of child abuse for the death of his stepson, 17-month-old Nicholas Arthur Miller. In this consolidated appeal, appellant argues that he is entitled to relief because: (1) his right to present an alternative perpetrator defense was violated when the district court denied...

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