Kenneth E. Murray v. Sheryl Ramstad Hvass, Commissioner of Corrections

*898MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

After the state of Minnesota convicted Kenneth Murray of eleven counts of criminal sexual conduct involving minors, see Minn.Stat. § 609.342, he twice sought relief from his conviction through direct appeal. See State v. Murray, 1992 WL 333617 (Minn.Ct.App. Nov.17, 1992), modified, 495 N.W.2d 412 (Minn.1993) (per curiam), and State v. Murray, 1994 WL 62155 (Minn.Ct.App. Mar.l, 1994). In his second appeal, Mr. Murray, in a separate pro se brief, argued for the first time that his counsel was ineffective at his trial. The Minnesota Court of Appeals,…