Kopetka v. State

Appeal from an order denying an application for postconviction relief.

On June 13, 1960, after a trial without a jury, petitioner was convicted of third-degree murder for killing his wife and, upon his plea of guilty, of second-degree assault for stabbing his mother-in-law. He is now confined under concurrent indeterminate sentences in the State Prison.

We have reviewed the validity of his convictions and his detention on three prior occasions. Upon his direct appeal, his conviction for murder was affirmed in State v. Kopetka, 265 Minn. 371, 121 N. W. (2d) 783. Subsequently, we affirmed two…