Fox v. State

Chester G. Rosengren, Justice. *

Appeal from an order of the district court denying postconviction relief.

The factual situation giving rise to this appeal has been before this court in State v. Fox, 280 Minn. 436, 159 N. W. (2d) 770. As a result of that prior appeal from a judgment of conviction of aggravated forgery, this court remanded to give defendant the opportunity to show that the named copayee on a check, whose signature the defendant admittedly forged, was only a nominal payee. It was our expressed feeling that upon a prima facie showing defendant should be granted leave to withdraw…