Supreme Court of Minnesota
Thomas James Fox v. State of Minnesota
June 13, 2018913 N.W.2d 429
Summary
The court affirmed the summary denial of Fox's postconviction petition without an evidentiary hearing. It held that his sufficiency, Brady, perjury, search-warrant, prompt-arraignment, competency, evidentiary, grand-jury, conflict-of-interest, and DNA-testing claims were procedurally barred because they were raised or known, or should have been known, on direct appeal. Fox's remaining ineffective-assistance-of-appellate-counsel claims failed as a matter of law because he did not establish deficient performance or prejudice.