Case Name: JOHN W. SCHATZLE v. STATE
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1973-08-17
Citations: 297 Minn. 503
Docket Number: No. 43371
Parties: JOHN W. SCHATZLE v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 297
Pages: 503–503

Head Matter:
JOHN W. SCHATZLE v. STATE.
210 N. W. 2d 50.
August 17, 1973
No. 43371.
C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, and Carl Newquist, Assistant State Public Defender, for appellant.
Warren Spannaus, Attorney General, Curtis D. Porslund, Solicitor General, Gilbert S. Buffington, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Ronald H, Schneider, County Attorney, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Defendant, found guilty by a district court jury of aggravated assault, Minn. St. 609.225, subd. 1, and sentenced to imprisonment according to law, contends on this appeal from an order denying post-conviction relief that his trial counsel did not adequately represent him in that he failed to use a prior allegedly inconsistent statement to impeach the key prosecution witness's testimony. We affirm the order.
The witness's prior statement was not, as defendant alleges, inconsistent with the witness's trial testimony. We therefore have no difficulty in rejecting defendant's contention that his trial counsel did not adequately represent him.
Affirmed.