Legal Opinion
Brocks v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 31, 2008No. A07-2146PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIETZEN, Justice.
Following a jury trial, appellant Derrick Delmar Brocks was convicted of first-degree murder for the August 17, 1996, shooting death of James Nnnn. We affirmed Brocks’s conviction on direct appeal. State v. Brocks, 587 N.W.2d 37, 39 (Minn.1998). Brocks subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief, arguing that ineffective assistance of trial counsel deprived him of a fair trial and that he was denied effective assistance of appellate counsel. The postconviction court denied his petition without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
In August 1997, Brocks was…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- State v. KnafflaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Leake v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
- Roby v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1995
- State v. GrecingerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
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3Cited by12 opinions
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