Title: Vernon Neal Powers, Petitioner/Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: A04-31
State: Minnesota
Issuer: Minnesota Supreme Court
Date: November 24, 2004

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in;">STATE OF MINNESOTA <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in;">IN SUPREME COURT <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in;">A04-31 Vernon Neal Powers, Petitioner/Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent. ORDER ON REHEARING In an opinion filed October 14, 2004, we affirmed the denial of the petition for postconviction relief. Our opinion included, in footnote 2, a reference to Blakely v. Washington, ___ U.S. ___, 124 S. Ct. 2531, 159 L. Ed. 2d 403 (2004). Appellant has petitioned for rehearing, suggesting that the footnote will be interpreted as deciding Blakely-related issues that were not briefed or argued because Blakely was decided after the briefs were submitted. Based upon all the files, records and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for rehearing is granted for the limited purpose of adopting appellant's alternative request that footnote 2 be deleted from the opinion. The opinion of October 14, 2004, is hereby amended accordingly. Dated: November 19, 2004 BY THE COURT: /s/ Sam Hanson Associate Justice