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112692P.pdf   04/16/2012  United States  v.  James Edward Thornberg
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-2692
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Bright and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law. District court properly granted a
   psychiatric evaluation under Ake v. Oklahoma and did not plainly err in
   denying defendant's request for a second evaluation; claims of ineffective
   assistance of counsel would not be considered on direct appeal.