Sanchez v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted, after a stipulated facts bench trial, of first-degree possession of a controlled substance. More than five years after his conviction became final, Defendant filed a petition for postconviction relief. The postconviction court denied Defendant's petition as untimely and meritless. The court of appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) Appellant's petition was untimely under Minn. Stat. 590.01, 4(c), which requires that a claim is brought within two years from the time the claimant knew or should have known that the claim existed; and (2) section 590.01, subdivision 4 was not unconstitutional as a violation of the separation of powers doctrine where the legislature did not intrude unto a judicial function when it enacted the time limitations provisions in the postconviction statute.
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