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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A09-666

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Stras, J. Concurring, Page, J. Concurring, Anderson, G. Barry, J., Gildea, C.J., and Dietzen, J.

Clemmie Howard Tucker, Jr., Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent. ________________________ David W. Merchant, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Ngoc Nguyen, Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, Minnesota, for appellant. Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Lee W. Barry, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent. _______________________ SYLLABUS The postconviction court erred when it denied appellant`s petition for postconviction relief in which appellant claimed the sentencing court abused its discretion by imposing an upward durational sentencing departure based on appellant`s failure to render aid to his victim in this second-degree felony murder case. Reversed and remanded. Filed: June 29, 2011 Office of Appellate Courts

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OPINION STRAS, Justice. Appellant Clemmie Howard Tucker pleaded guilty to second-degree unintentional felony murder, Minn. Stat.

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