Wayne v. State

OPINION

RUSSELL A. ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

Appellant Michael Wayne was convicted in 1987 of the July 29, 1986, murder of Mona Armendariz. On direct appeal, we affirmed both his conviction and the denial of his first petition for postconviction relief. State v. Fenney (Wayne I), 448 N.W.2d 54 (Minn.1989). He later filed a second and then a third petition for post-conviction relief. In both cases, the district court denied relief, and we affirmed. 1 Wayne v. State (Wayne III), 601 N.W.2d 440 (Minn.1999); Wayne v. State (Wayne II), 498 N.W.2d 446 (Minn.1993). Wayne also has petitioned in federal…