Legal Opinion
Perry v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 31, 2008No. A07-2454PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILDEA, Justice.
Appellant Leon M. Perry appeals from a summary denial of his third and fourth postconviction petitions. We affirm.
Following a jury trial in Hennepin County, Perry was found guilty of first-degree murder, Minn.Stat. § 609.185(a)(1) (2006), 1 for the shooting death of Brian Thomas outside the Riverview Supper Club in Minneapolis on July 8, 1995. State v. Perry, 561 N.W.2d 889, 891-93 (Minn.1997). Perry was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Id. at 891. On direct appeal, he argued that the district court committed reversible error by admitting inadmissible hearsay…
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- State v. KnafflaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- State v. HoustonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005
- State v. BarkerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005
- Hennepin County v. PerrySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
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