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STATE v. SCRUGGS

No. A11-0950.

822 N.W.2d 631 (2012)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Alfunda SCRUGGS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 24, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Michael O. Freeman , Hennepin County Attorney, Elizabeth Johnston , Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

David W. Merchant , Chief Appellate Public Defender, Benjamin J. Butler , Assistant State Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

OPINION

DIETZEN, Justice.

A Hennepin County jury found appellant Alfunda Scruggs guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and second-degree intentional murder arising out of the February 4, 2010, death of Michael Fonta by strangulation. The district court entered judgment of conviction on the first-degree murder charge and imposed a life sentence without the possibility of release. In this direct appeal, Scruggs...

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