Wayne v. State
Annotate this CaseIn 1987, after a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Supreme Court affirmed. Thereafter, Appellant filed four petitions for postconviction relief and a motion for postconviction DNA testing. All of the petitions or motions were denied. In 2014, Appellant filed his seventh request for relief raising several claims. The postconviction court denied Appellant’s petition without an evidentiary hearing, determining that his claims were time-barred under Minn. Stat. 590.01 and procedurally barred under State v. Knaffla. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Appellant’s petition was untimely under Minn. Stat. 590.01(4)(a)(2).
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