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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A07-2146 Hennepin County Dietzen, J.

Derrick Delmar Brocks, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent. SYLLABUS The postconviction court did not err in summarily denying appellants petition for postconviction relief. Affirmed. Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument. OPINION DIETZEN, Justice. Following a jury trial, appellant Derrick Delmar Brocks was convicted of firstdegree murder for the August 17, 1996, shooting death of James Nunn. We affirmed Brockss conviction on direct appeal. State v. Brocks, 587 N.W.2d 37, 39 (Minn. 1998). Brocks subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief, arguing that ineffective assistance of trial counsel deprived him of a fair trial and that he was denied effective Filed: July 31, 2008 Office of Appellate Courts

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assistance of appellate counsel. The postconviction court denied his petition without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm. In August 1997, Brocks was convicted of first-degree murder, in violation of Minn. Stat.

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