MINNESOTA COURT RULES

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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FORM 36 - PETITION FOR REVIEW OF DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS

STATE OF MINNESOTA
IN SUPREME COURT

_,	)	PETITION FOR REVIEW OF
Respondent,	)	DECISION OF THE COURT
vs.	)	OF APPEALS
	)
_,	)	Appellate Court Case No.: _
Petitioner.	)	Date of Filing of Court of
	)	Appeals Decision: _

TO: The Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota:

The Petitioner, _______________, requests Supreme Court review of the above-entitled decision of the Court of Appeals and in support thereof states:

1. Petitioner is represented by _______________, with offices at _______________, telephone number _______________. Respondent is represented by _______________, State Attorney General, with offices at _______________, telephone number _______________, and by _______________, the County Attorney for _______________ County, with offices at _______________, telephone number _______________.

2. The decision of the Court of Appeals of which Petitioner seeks review was filed on __________. The appeal to the Court of Appeals was from (describe matter initially appealed) of the _______________ County District Court involving the offense of ______________ in violation of Minnesota Statutes, section __________ entered on __________.

3. The legal issue presented for review and the decision on those issues in the Court of Appeals are as follows:

4. The procedural history of this case is as follows:

5. The facts which give rise to this request for discretionary review are as follows:

6. The reasons why the Supreme Court should exercise its discretion to review this case are as follows:

7. An appendix containing the written decision of the Court of Appeals and the trial court's Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Memorandum is attached.

Dated: _	_
	(Attorney for Petitioner)
	Name:
	Attorney License No.:
	Title:
	Address:
	Telephone No.:

(Effective for criminal actions commenced or arrests made after 12 o'clock midnight January 1, 1990.)