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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A07-1733

Dakota County Jairam Ganpat, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent. SYLLABUS

Anderson, Russell A., C.J.

Filed: April 10, 2008 Office of Appellate Courts

The district court's summary denial of appellant's petition for postconviction relief was not erroneous. Affirmed. Considered and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION ANDERSON, Russell A., Chief Justice. Appellant Jairam Ganpat appeals from a summary denial of his postconviction petition arguing that (1) his right to due process was violated because his Minn. R. Crim. P. 20 mental examination was conducted in jail; (2) his right to equal protection was violated because no psychiatric experts testified at his trial; and (3) his convictions violate the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution. We affirm.
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On March 31, 2005, Ganpat was indicted for first-degree premeditated murder in violation of Minn. Stat.

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