State v. Hansen

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of a charge of aggravated robbery, Minn. St. 609.245, and was sentenced by the trial court to a maximum indeterminate term of 20 years’ imprisonment. While defendant’s direct appeal was pending, we granted his motion to stay the appeal and to remand for a post-conviction evidentiary hearing. The issue raised by defendant at this hearing was whether the public defender who represented him at trial had failed to provide effective representation. The postconviction court denied defendant's petition for relief. This appeal followed, and we…