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Eugene Erick Fort v. State of Minnesota. MN criminal law
Eugene Erick Fort was convicted in Hennepin County of first degree murder, and the Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed his conviction in 2009. State v. Fort, 768 N.W.2d 335 (Minn. 2009). He later brought this petition for post-conviction relief, in which he argued ineffective assistance of counsel and that the state mishandled evidence. The petition was denied and he appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court. The high court held that the effective assistance of counsel claim failed as a matter of law, and the other claim was time barred by Minn. Stat. 590.01.
No. A14-1692 (Minn. April 1, 2015)
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