Brown v. State
Annotate this CaseIn 1988, Appellant pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. Appellant was sentenced to consecutive terms of life in prison and 130 months. This appeal concerned Appellant’s fifth postconviction petition, in which Appellant claimed that his guilty pleas were not knowing, voluntary, and intelligent. Appellant filed the petition after expiration of the postconviction statute of limitations under Minn. Stat. 590.01(4)(a). The postconviction court summarily denied Appellant’s petition as time-barred. Appellant appealed, arguing that his claim was not time-barred because it satisfied three of the exceptions to the statute of limitations. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Appellant’s claim failed to satisfy any of the exceptions to the postconviction statute of limitations under section 590.01(4)(b), and therefore, Appellant's fifth request for postconviction relief was time-barred.
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