State v. Miles

This is an appeal from a conviction of aggravated robbery under Minn.St. 609.245 following trial by jury. Appellant also seeks review of an order denying postcon-viction relief, the matter having been remanded, during the pendency of the direct appeal, for hearing on a petition for such relief. The issues on appeal are whether the defendant was denied his right to effective assistance of counsel and whether the prosecutor committed misconduct in his closing argument. We affirm.

As we stated recently on petition for rehearing in White v. State, Minn., 248 N.W.2d 281, 285 (1976), a defendant is…