Legal Opinion
State v. Rainer
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 16, 1993No. C8-92-1595PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAGE, Justice.
Appellant brought a petition in Sher-burne County District Court for posteonviction relief from his conviction for first-degree murder in the shooting death of Marla Forrest. Minn.Stat. §§ 590.01-.06 (1992). He argues that he is entitled to postconviction relief because he received ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial, and because he has new evidence which casts doubt on the account of one of the prosecution’s main witnesses. The post-conviction court denied relief to appellant. We affirm.
Joseph Rainer was convicted of premeditated first-degree murder and sentenced to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. KnafflaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- State v. RainerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1987
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Roby v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
- State v. EckerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1994
- Rainer v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
- Roby v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1995
- Ferguson v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
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