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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A11-0472

Freeborn County Robert Michael Hughes, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent. ________________________ Robert Michael Hughes, Bayport, Minnesota, pro se.

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Filed: April 25, 2012 Office of Appellate Courts

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, John B. Galus, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Craig S. Nelson, Freeborn County Attorney, Albert Lea, Minnesota, for respondent. ________________________ SYLLABUS 1. Appellant's restitution claim lacks merit when the undisputed evidence in

the record supports the trial court's finding that the restitution request was specific and when appellant received due process. 2. The admission at trial of nontestimonial statements made by a declarant

who is unavailable at trial does not violate the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1

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The postconviction court did not err when it denied appellant's remaining

claims without holding an evidentiary hearing. Affirmed. Considered and decided by the court without oral argument. OPINION PAGE, Justice. In October 2006 appellant Robert Michael Hughes was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, in violation of Minn. Stat.

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