Legal Opinion
Torres v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 18, 2004No. A03-1624PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HANSON, Justice.
In his petition for postconvietion relief, appellant Rusttee Allan Torres claims ineffective assistance of trial counsel, arguing that counsel improperly conceded Torres’ guilt to certain elements of the crimes with which he was charged. We conclude from our review of the trial record that counsel did not make concessions of guilt. Thus Torres’ claim does not fall within any exception to the procedural bar of State v. Knaffla, 309 Minn. 246, 243 N.W.2d 737 (1976), and we affirm the denial of his petition.
Torres was convicted of murder in the first degree in the course…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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