05/01/97 James (Nmn) Russell V. State Minnesota

Postconviction court properly denied petition for postconviction relief without holding an evidentiary hearing when petitioner's claims either were raised and decided on direct appeal, or known but not raised at the time of direct appeal and their legal basis was reasonably available at the time of direct appeal, and petitioner failed to present facts to indicate that fairness required consideration in a postconviction proceeding.