Scales v. State

OPINION

RUSSELL A. ANDERSON, Justice.

We consider whether the postconviction court erred in denying a petition for post-conviction relief brought only on a due process issue previously raised on direct appeal. We affirm the decision of the posteonviction court denying the petition without evidentiary hearing.

In 1993, petitioner was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend’s mother. On direct appeal, we affirmed the conviction; the facts of the case are recited in our opinion. See State v. Scales, 518 N.W.2d 587 (Minn.1994). Petitioner claimed on direct appeal,…