Legal Opinion
Bruestle v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 10, 2006No. A05-1707PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice.
On March 5, 2003, appellant Richard Brian Bruestle pleaded guilty to and was sentenced to life imprisonment for the stabbing and shooting death of his aunt. Bruestle did not file a direct appeal or a motion to withdraw his plea within the time allowed for a direct appeal. Bruestle subsequently retained new counsel and filed a postconviction petition, claiming that he was incompetent to plead guilty and that his trial counsel was ineffective due to counsel’s decision not to fully pursue an insanity defense or make an incompetency argument before Bruestle…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Rompilla v. BeardSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- State v. LahueSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
- State v. BarkerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Jason Donald Matakis v. State of MinnesotaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2015
- State v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
- Gail v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
- Matakis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2014
- James Donald Dahl v. State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2016
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