Legal Opinion
Gates v. State
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided November 26, 1986No. C6-85-2273PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FOLEY, Judge.
Appellant Coley Gates was convicted of assault in the second degree for shooting two people at a Minneapolis bar. The post-conviction court denied his petition for *418post-conviction relief based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
FACTS
Appellant was charged with three counts of assault in the second degree for shooting and injuring several people at the Taste Lounge in Minneapolis on April 17, 1983. The evidence showed that around 12:30 a.m. appellant was asked by two bouncers, Craig Peterson and Sylvester Washington, to leave since he…
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- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by3 opinions
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