Tscheu v. State

OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

Appellant David Michael Tscheu was convicted of first-degree murder while committing first-degree criminal sexual conduct causing personal injury, Minn. Stat. § 609.185(a)(2) (2012), in connection with the death of Bonita Thoms. We affirmed Tscheu’s conviction on direct appeal. State v. Tscheu, 758 N.W.2d 849, 865 (Minn.2008). Tscheu filed a petition for postconvietion relief, alleging a claim of newly discovered evidence. After an evi-dentiary hearing, the postconviction court concluded that Tscheu’s newly discovered evidence was not credible and,…