Case Name: STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Melvin JOHNS, Petitioner, Appellant
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1997-09-11
Citations: 569 N.W.2d 180
Docket Number: No. C9-95-1765
Parties: STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Melvin JOHNS, Petitioner, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 569
Pages: 180–181

Head Matter:
STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Melvin JOHNS, Petitioner, Appellant.
No. C9-95-1765.
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Sept. 11, 1997.
John M. Stuart, Minnesota State Public Defender by Bradford Colbert, Assistant State Public Defender, St. Paul, for Appellant.
Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Minnesota Attorney General, St. Paul, James C. Back-strom, Dakota County Attorney by Phillip D. Prokopowiez, Assistant Dakota County Attorney, Hastings, for Respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION
TOMLJANOVICH, Justice.
The defendant, Melvin Johns, is a co-defendant of Wayne Thomas Carter. The facts and legal issues are identical in both cases.
Based on our reasoning in the companion case of State v. Carter, 569 N.W.2d 169, 178-179 (Minn.), the decision of the court of appeals is reversed.