Wayne v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. The Supreme Court affirmed on direct appeal. Defendant subsequently filed four petitions for postconviction relief as well as a motion for postconviction DNA testing. All five postconviction petitions or motions were denied. In his sixth petition, Defendant argued that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because he was not informed of a plea offer purportedly discussed during an in-chambers meeting that occurred during his trial. The postconviction court denied Defendant’s petition without an evidentiary hearing, concluding that his claim was both time barred and procedurally barred. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Defendant’s petition was untimely under Minn. Stat. 590.01(4)(a), and neither of the exceptions upon which he relied applied in this case.
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