Hale v. State

OPINION

BLATZ, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the Dakota County District Court denying, without holding an evidentiary hearing, appellant Anthony Hale’s petition for postconvietion relief. Hale was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Vicky Shelton on January 31, 1989, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. This court affirmed Hale’s conviction on direct appeal. State v. Hale, 453 N.W.2d 704 (Minn.1990). Hale subsequently filed multiple petitions for postconvietion relief, all of which were heard by the same district court judge and denied. In his most recent…