Houge v. State

This is an appeal in a postconviction proceeding arising out of petitioner’s conviction for aggravated forgery. A direct appeal from the conviction was affirmed in State v. Houge, 280 Minn. 372, 159 N. W. (2d) 265. The facts are fully set forth in that opinion.

1. The state gave a so-called Rasmussen notice stating that a wristwatch, purchased with a forged check, a membership card in the Disabled American Veterans, used by the forger as identification, and a wallet and ring found on petitioner’s person when he was arrested would be introduced into evidence.

Defense counsel did not move to…