2008-M-092       Rene Julian McKenzie, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.

On December 2, 1992, a Hennepin County jury convicted McKenzie of first-degree murder in the death of Perry Pajunen, and he was sentenced to life in prison.  McKenzie appealed to this court in 1993, with the assistance of appellate counsel, raising three issues:  (1) whether the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction; (2) whether the district court erred in admitting testimony from a witness who said that McKenzie told her he had killed before and would do it again; and (3) prejudicial misconduct in the prosecutor's final argument.  We affirmed McKenzie's conviction, concluding that any errors were

harmless.

Because the petitioner did file or could have filed all of his current appeals on this current petition for post-convictions

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

               Took no part:  Magnuson

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