Daniels v. State

OPINION

YETKA, Justice.

In 1985, we affirmed the conviction of petitioner, Calvin Gene Daniels, for the first-degree murder of Albert James in State v. Daniels, 361 N.W.2d 819, 822 (Minn.1985). In 1988, petitioner petitioned for post-conviction relief seeking a new trial based on the recanted testimony of Edward McConaughead, a witness at petitioner’s trial. The district court denied this petition after conducting an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

We summarized the evidence presented at Daniels’ 1983 trial in Daniels, 361 N.W.2d at 822-26. In short, on February 15, 1982, at approximately 2:00…