2008-M-088             Derrick Delmar Brocks, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.

Following a jury trial, appellant Derrick Delmar Brocks was convicted of first-degree murder for the 1996, shooting death of James Nunn.  We affirmed Brocks' conviction on direct appeal. In 1998.

Brocks subsequently filed a petition for post-conviction relief, arguing that ineffective assistance of trial counsel deprived him of a fair trial and that he was denied effective  assistance of appellate counsel. The post-conviction court denied his petition without an evidentiary hearing.  We affirm.

Dietzen (Magnuson, Page, Paul Anderson, Meyer, Barry Anderson, and Gildea)

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