Case Name: JOHN LOUIS NEPPLE v. STATE
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1972-06-09
Citations: 293 Minn. 516
Docket Number: No. 43038
Parties: JOHN LOUIS NEPPLE v. STATE.
Judges: Heard before Knutson, C. J., and Kelly, Todd, and MacLaughlin, JJ.
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 293
Pages: 516–517

Head Matter:
JOHN LOUIS NEPPLE v. STATE.
198 N. W. 2d 341.
June 9, 1972
No. 43038.
C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, and Mollie G. Raskind, Assistant State Public Defender, for appellant.
Warren Spannaus, Attorney General, William, B. Randall, County Attorney, and Steven C. DeCoster, Assistant County Attorney, for respondent.
Heard before Knutson, C. J., and Kelly, Todd, and MacLaughlin, JJ.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Defendant, convicted of armed robbery, appeals from the denial of postconviction relief. We affirm.
Contrary to what defendant contends, (1) the record does support the finding that defendant, who has a high school diploma and admits that he has no difficulty reading English, voluntarily, knowingly, intelligently, and understandingly waived his right to have counsel present at lineups by signing a written waiver form which advised him of his rights, and (2) the fact that a substitute judge, who did not hear the evidence at the postconviction hearing, ruled on defendant's petition did not deny defendant due process because defendant, through his counsel, specifically stated that he did not object to the substitute judge's deciding his petition on the basis of the typewritten transcripts and files.
Affirmed.