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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A08-1135 Carlton County Dario George Bonga, petitioner Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent. ________________________ Filed: May 28, 2009 Office of Appellate Courts Anderson, G. Barry, J. Concurring, Meyer and Anderson, Paul H., JJ.

Lawrence Hammerling, Chief Appellate Public Defender, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Melissa Sheridan, Special Assistant Public Defender, Eagan, Minnesota, for appellant. Lori Swanson, Attorney General, John B. Galus, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Thomas A. Pertler, Carlton County Attorney, Carlton, Minnesota, for respondent. ________________________

SYLLABUS It was an abuse of discretion for the postconviction court to summarily deny a petition for postconviction relief as a "second or successive petition for similar relief" under Minn. Stat.

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