State v. Nodes
Annotate this CaseAppellant was convicted of two counts of criminal sexual conduct arising from separate behavioral incidents with separate victims. The district court concluded that Appellant was not subject to lifetime conditional release under Minn. Stat. 609.3455(7)(b) because the two convictions were entered at the same hearing, and therefore, Defendant under not have a “prior sex offense conviction” under section 609.344(1)(g). The Supreme Court reversed, holding that Defendant was subject to lifetime conditional release because the definition of “prior sex offense conviction” unambiguously includes a conviction for a separate behavioral incident entered before a second conviction, whether at different hearings or during the same hearing. Remanded.
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