Legal Opinion
Powers v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 17, 2007No. A06-1941PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILDEA, Justice.
Appellant Vernon Neal Powers filed a motion for correction of sentence, pursuant to Minn. R.Crim. P. 27.03, in Mower County District Court. The district court treated the motion as Powers’ third petition for postconviction relief and denied the motion without a hearing. Powers appealed to this court, arguing that the district court erred when it denied the motion. We affirm.
The facts of the underlying crime in this case are set forth in detail in State v. Powers, 654 N.W.2d 667, 672-74 (Minn.2003). A jury found Powers guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and one…
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