Perry v. State

OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

Appellant Leon Perry appeals from a summary denial of his petition for postcon-viction relief alleging a violation of his Fourteenth Amendment rights. He also raises a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel that he did not raise to the postconviction court. We affirm the post-conviction court’s denial of Perry’s petition and deny Perry’s claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel.

On November 16, 1995, a Hennepin County jury convicted Perry of the first-degree premeditated murder of Brian Thomas under Minn.Stat. § 609.185(a)(1) (2004). On the…