Carlton v. State
Annotate this CaseAppellant was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder and first-degree murder while committing criminal sexual conduct. Appellant filed a notice of direct appeal, which the Supreme Court stayed pending postconviction proceedings in the district court. Appellant neither filed a petition for postconviction relief nor followed through with his direct appeal, and the Court dismissed his appeal. In this case, Appellant appealed the denial of his first petition for postconviction relief. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the postconviction court properly denied Appellant's petition as untimely under Minn. Stat. 590.01, 4(a); and (2) the time limit in section 590.01, 4(a) was constitutional as applied to Appellant, because even if the Due Process Clause of the Minnesota Constitution provided Appellant a right to one review, the two-year time limitation in subdivision 4(a) was a reasonable limitation on the alleged right.
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