DeCoteau v. State

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Gerald Lee DeCoteau appealed from a district court order summarily denying his claim for post-conviction relief. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

[¶2] On August 22, 1996, DeCoteau was convicted by a jury of gross sexual imposition and was sentenced to the State Penitentiary for 10 years. He appealed his conviction, claiming the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to sustain a guilty verdict, the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to grant a continuance to await DNA test results, and his trial attorney provided ineffective…