Johnson v. State

Pursuant to a plea agreement, Appellant pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting first-degree murder and second-degree intentional murder. One year later, Appellant petitioned for postconviction relief under Minn. Stat. 590.01. The postconviction court denied relief. Defendant later filed a motion to correct his sentence pursuant to Minn. R. Crim. P. 27.03(9) challenging the validity of his guilty plea. The postconviction court denied relief on all of Appellant’s claims with the exception of a clerical error, concluding that Appellant’s claims were properly treated as requests for postconviction relief under Minn. Stat. 590.01 and that the holding in State v. Knaffla barred Appellant’s claims. Five years later, Appellant filed a motion to correct his sentence under Minn. R. Crim. P. 27.03(9). The postconviction court denied relief, concluding that Appellant motion was, in effect, a petition for postconviction relief and that it was both untimely and Knaffla-barred. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the postconviction court properly dismissed Appellant’s claim as untimely. View "Johnson v. State" on Justia Law