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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A09-1483

Hennepin County

Gildea, J.

Jermaine Ferguson, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent. ________________________ Jermaine Ferguson, Rush City, Minnesota, pro se. Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Michael K. Walz, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent. ________________________ SYLLABUS Because a credibility determination was necessary to determine whether the petitioner was entitled to postconviction relief, the postconviction court abused its discretion by failing to hold an evidentiary hearing. Reversed and remanded. Filed: March 25, 2010 Office of Appellate Courts

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OPINION GILDEA, Justice. On December 1, 2005, Jermaine Ferguson was convicted of first-degree murder in violation of Minn. Stat.

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