Legal Opinion

Flournoy v. State

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided August 6, 1998No. C6-97-1761PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GILBERT, Justice.

Petitioner Larry Flournoy appeals the denial of postconviction relief for his conviction for first-degree murder. Flournoy alleges a variety of errors and argues that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to grant an evidentiary hearing on his postcon-viction petition on six grounds: 1) he was denied due process because the trial judge met secretly with other judges and decided to impanel anonymous juries in Flournoy’s and related defendants’ cases; 2) he was denied due process because a prosecution witness has recanted her testimony; 3) he was denied the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. State v. KnafflaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
  4. Scruggs v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
  5. Hodgson v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1995

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. MartinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2000
  2. State v. YangCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2001
  3. State v. FergusonCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2007
  4. State v. TurnageSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
  5. State v. TurnageSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007

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