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PELTIER v. STATE

A19-1685.

946 N.W.2d 369 (2020)

Amanda Lea PELTIER, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: July 15, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Sicoli , Sicoli Law, Ltd., Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Sarah M. MacGillis , MacGillis Law, PA, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appellant.

Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Edwin W. Stockmeyer , Assistant Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Neil Nelson , Pope County Attorney, Glenwood, Minnesota, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.

OPINION

This postconviction appeal presents one issue: ineffective assistance of counsel. Specifically, appellant Amanda Peltier contends that her counsel was ineffective because they did not advise her to offer to plead guilty to second-degree murder. She was ultimately convicted of first-degree murder. The district...

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