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- Title: State v. Patterson
- Author : Minnesota Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 17, 1998
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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A Hennepin County jury found Gary Lee Cooper guilty of first-degree murder for the death of Gregory Peterson. Cooper was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Cooper filed a direct appeal, which we affirmed, and two post-conviction petitions in district court, which the district court denied. Cooper now appeals from a summary denial of his third post-conviction petition, arguing that (1) the state engaged in prosecutorial misconduct in its opening statement; (2) the trial judge erred in communicating with the jury outside the presence of counsel and Cooper; and (3) both Cooper‟s trial and appellate counsel were ineffective. We affirm.