Minnesota Appellate Opinions

Published opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, collated from public records. 202 opinions matched; showing 1–50.

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a251510 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-03-09 Affirmed Antoine C. Whitner v. Tracy Beltz
… der treatment. On April 3, 2025, appellant filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the DOC and respondent Tracy Beltz, as warden at Minnesota Correctional Facility- Faribault, where appellant is incarcerated, vio …
a250429 Minn. Ct. App. 2025-12-15 Affirmed Brenda Thormodson v. Kathryn Rae Zehnder
… ommitment of Swope, 26 N.W.3d 275, 281, 283, 285-86 (Minn. 2025) (holding that habeas corpus and mandamus petitions constituted proceedings under Minnesota Statutes chapter 253B for the purpose of the appointed- counsel statute; noting t …
A230980 Minn. 2024-07-03 Affirmed Harry Jerome Evans v. State of Minnesota
… o deny the petition. Id. at 50. Evans next filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in federal court, alleging 11 grounds for relief, including several claims similar to those that he made in his appeals to our court in 2008 and …
a231121 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-04-08 Affirmed Ronald Lindsey Reed v. Minnesota Department of Corrections
… , Judge Appellant challenges the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that the district court erred because the impact caused by changes to the parole authority and process, which makes it more difficult t …
a231215 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-03-25 Affirmed State of Minnesota, ex rel. Nicole Rae Cloud v. Paul Schnell, Commissioner of Corrections…
… ans “more than once.” Cloud petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus, once again arguing that the hearing officer erred in concluding that “repeatedly” means more than once and that he had no discretion to continu …
A16-0265 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-02-13 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Jacob Michael McKinley
A16-1142 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-01-17 Affirmed Brett Thomas Green v. State of Minnesota
… eration as a disciplinary measure “may be obtained by a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which the Commissioner is a named party.” Id. We therefore decline to reach the merits of Green’s claim regarding his extended incarceration. …
A16-970 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-12-27 Affirmed John Howard Bartz v. State of Minnesota
… commissioner’s implementation of the sentence by filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus in which the commissioner is named as a party. Id. at 304. Modification of Sentence Appellant argues that the district court erred …
A16-462 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-12-05 Affirmed Joel Marvin Munt v. Michelle Smith, Warden, MCF-OPH
… ly confronting an education employee in the prison’s law library. Munt filed a habeas corpus petition after his release from segregation, asserting that he was innocent of the offense, that the disorderly-conduct prison regulation violate …
A15-1349 Minn. 2016-11-16 Affirmed State of Minnesota, ex rel. Demetris L. Duncan v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… RSON, Justice. Appellant Demetris Duncan filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that the Department of Corrections (DOC) had incorrectly calculated the expiration date of his sentence. Specifically, Duncan argued t …
A16-829 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-10-31 Affirmed Casimir Robert Krithers v. State of Minnesota
… Judge In this appeal from an order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, appellant argues that (1) he is illegally confined in pretrial detention based on information that the state obtained from listening to recordi …
A16-428 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-10-11 Affirmed State of Minnesota, ex rel. Anthony Alan Early v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… allenged the extension of his incarceration by filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He alleged that being required to participate in sex-offender treatment, or having his incarceration extended for refusing to participate, is a …
A15-1923 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-10-11 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Mark William Latimer
… t. 12, 2010) (affirming the district court’s denial of the petition for writ of habeas corpus because appellant “failed to demonstrate any due-process violation”), review denied (Minn. Dec. 14, 2010). These arguments are not properly befo …
A16-145 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-09-06 Affirmed John Excel Arradondo v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… Arradondo challenges the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Because Arradondo cannot challenge his original  Retired judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, serving by appointment pursuant to Minn. Co …
A16-499 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-08-29 Affirmed Darrel Mckee v. Steve Hammer
… in forma pauperis (IFP) and dismissal of his attendant petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm. FACTS In 2000, appellant Darrel Mckee pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in H …
A16-351 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-08-22 Affirmed Joseph Bergeron v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… t he had violated conditions of his release. Bergeron petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that he is unlawfully confined on the ground that his sentence expired in 2013. The district court dismissed Bergeron’s petition. We aff …
A16-320 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-07-18 Affirmed Calvin Boswell, Jr. v. State of Minnesota
… ant’s petition for further review. Appellant also filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in 2008. Appellant’s age and lack of educational attainment did not prevent him from filing his direct appeal, his petition for further review, …
A15-1475 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-06-20 Affirmed State of Minnesota, ex rel., Gregory Eugene Ward v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… Ward challenges the district court’s decision denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus and upholding the department of correction’s recalculation of his conditional-release period. Ward bases his appeal on a theory we rejected on th …
A15-1416 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-06-20 Affirmed Desmon Demond Burks v. State of Minnesota
… text of civil litigation. But equitable tolling has been applied to the federal habeas corpus statute. See Roby v. State, 808 N.W.2d 20, 30 (Minn. 2011) (“[T]he federal habeas corpus statute’s time limit is tolled when a petitioner pursues …
A15-1401 Minn. 2016-06-15 Affirmed Jerome Emmanuel Davis v. State of Minnesota
… 12. Davis, 820 N.W.2d at 528. Davis then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court in September 2013. See Davis v. Grandlienard, Civil No. 13-24449(DSD/JJK), 2015 WL 1522186, at *1 (D. Minn. Mar. 31, 2 …
A15-1704 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-06-13 Affirmed Jason Dean Ligtenberg v. State of Minnesota
… r review. In November 2014, Ligtenberg petitioned the supreme court for habeas corpus relief, which the supreme court dismissed. He filed this third petition for postconviction relief in June 2015, and the district court denied it …
A15-1580 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-04-11 Affirmed State of Minnesota, ex rel., Branden Lee Pollard v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… nt challenges the district court’s decision denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that he is entitled to have his ten-year conditional-release term reduced by the final one-third of his executed sentence. Appellant ser …
A15-372 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-02-01 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Nicholas Taylor Rod
… strict court. On November 13, 2014, the district court issued a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum and order for transportation of Rod to the court. Rod therefore was transported to the court, where he pleaded guilty to causing …
A15-1544 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-01-11 Affirmed James David McBroom v. Minnesota Correctional Facility - Oak Park Heights
… ly 23, 2015 order denying him relief and dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In that petition, McBroom challenged the imposition of 105 days of extended incarceration for violation of prison disciplinary rules prohibitin …
A14-2138 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-01-04 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Carlos Alfredo Rios
… rict court issued a 2 writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum to the U.S. Marshal, requesting custody of appellant for his appearance at a plea hearing in Minnesota on the December 2012 charg …
A15-817 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-12-21 Affirmed Jerry Duwenhoegger, Sr. v. State of Minnesota
… ation to proceed in forma pauperis and his accompanying petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm. FACTS Appellant Jerry Duwenhoegger, Sr. was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to …
A15-1349 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-11-09 Affirmed State of Minnesota, ex rel. Demetris L. Duncan v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… 8, 2016, to December 30, 2021. Duncan filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus in Chisago County on September 24, 2014. In November 2014, Duncan located approved housing, and on December 11, 2014, he was released in the com …
A14-2165 Minn. 2015-10-21 Affirmed Darryl Colbert v. State of Minnesota
… meritless. Id. at 653–57. Colbert subsequently petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court asserting the same three grounds for relief he had raised in his direct appeal. See Colbert v. Minnesota, No. 06-4407, …
A14-1402 Minn. 2015-08-05 Affirmed Harry Jerome Evans v. State of Minnesota
… fective. Id. at 45-47.1 1 Evans also petitioned for a federal writ of habeas corpus. The federal magistrate judge recommended denying Evans’s petition for substantially the same reasons as in Evans I and II. Evans v. King, No. CIV …
A14-1186 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-07-20 Affirmed Lane Francis Weitzel v. State of Minnesota
… iod in which a state-court criminal offender may file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a federal district court. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A) (2012). In Day, the State of Florida filed an answer in which it asserted that, after con …
A14-2203 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-06-22 Affirmed Ronald Dallmann v. Tom Roy
… rules. On September 18, 2014, appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and an application to proceed IFP. Appellant challenged the February 2014 HRU decision, alleging that the 180 day re-imprisonment violated Minn. …
A14-84 Minn. 2015-06-17 Affirmed LaMonte Rydell Martin v. State of Minnesota
… ansas Supreme Court that affirmed the dismissal of Jackson's state petition for habeas corpus. Miller,-U.S. at-, 132 S.Ct. at 2461, 2463 . In Miller , the Court granted certiorari to review a decision by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeal …
A13-1624 Minn. 2015-04-22 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Thomas James Fox
… ot addressed here because they are more appropriately raised in a petition for habeas corpus relief or in a civil action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012). See Kelsey v. State, 283 N.W.2d 892, 895 (Minn. 1979) (stating that habeas corpus may …
A14-1379 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-03-09 Affirmed Tha Phongvixay v. State of Minnesota
… mpared Minnesota’s postconviction statute to the “analogous setting of federal habeas corpus petitions.” Id. at 603. The supreme court noted that the time-limit language found in Minnesota’s postconviction statute is similar …
A14-2021 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-03-02 Affirmed Kristopher Lee Roybal v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… se date and appeals the district court’s denial of his petitions for a writ of habeas corpus. Because the state afforded Roybal the process he is due and because his discipline does not violate his claimed Fifth Amendment rights, we affi …
A13-1332 Minn. 2015-02-11 Affirmed State of Minnesota, Respondent/Cross-Appellant v. Brian Keith Schnagl, a/k/a Brian Keith …
… 1 be obtained by filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 589.01 (2014). Affirmed as modified. OPINION DIETZEN, Justice. Ap …
A14-745 Minn. Ct. App. 2014-12-29 Affirmed Terelle Eugene Shaw v. State of Minnesota
… recalling the classic grounds for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus — that the proceeding was dominated by mob violence; that the prosecutor knowingly made use of perjured testimony; or …
A14-662 Minn. Ct. App. 2014-11-17 Affirmed .In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Hollis John Larson.
… district court for a writ 2 of habeas corpus. The district court dismissed his petition, and this court affirmed. Larson v. Jesson, No. A10-2214, 2011 WL 2623446 (Minn. App. July 5, 2011). H …
A14-144 Minn. Ct. App. 2014-10-14 Affirmed Steven David Pawliszko v. State of Minnesota
… rict court, which did not grant him equitable tolling on his late-filed federal habeas corpus petition. See Pawliszko v. Smith, Civil No. 12-985 (ADM/AJB), 2012 WL 4815609, at * 3–4 (D. Minn. Sept. 11, 2012), adopted by 2012 WL 4815597 (D. …
A14-314 Minn. Ct. App. 2014-09-15 Affirmed Shannon Hollie v. Lucinda E. Jesson, Commissioner of Department of Human Services
… 2 In October 2011, Hollie petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court. The federal court construed the petition as challenging Hollie’s 1989 and 1993 convictions and sentences, including a …
A13-1718 Minn. Ct. App. 2014-09-02 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Benjamin Wayne Blaschka
… while in the commissioner’s custody, appellant was transported under a writ of habeas corpus to the Houston County jail to attend a hearing on a matter pending there. While in jail, appellant struck a Houston County police officer severa …
A13-2133 Minn. Ct. App. 2014-08-25 Affirmed Maurice Level Ward, Sr. v. State of Minnesota
… ment is a due-process violation because it prevents him from obtaining federal habeas corpus review. Ward made this argument on appeal in his first petition for postconviction relief. Ward, 2013 WL 2372177, at *3 n.2. This court determine …
No. A12-1833 Minn. 2013-10-30 Affirmed Hooper v. State
… y codified or replaced preexisting remedies,” including the common-law writs of habeas corpus and coram nobis. Id. at 602 ; see also Minn.Stat. § 590.01, subd. 2 (2012) (stating that the postconviction remedy “takes the place of any other c …
No. A11-1954 Minn. 2013-05-31 Affirmed Chambers v. State
… ansas Supreme Court that affirmed the dismissal of Jackson’s state petition for habeas corpus. Miller , - U.S. at -, 132 S.Ct. at 2461, 2463 . In Miller , the Court granted certiorari to review a decision by the Alabama Court of Criminal Ap …
No. A11-2045 Minn. 2012-08-01 Affirmed Jackson v. State
… v. Jackson, 770 N.W.2d 470 (Minn.2009). Jackson filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. That court denied Jackson’s petition and dismissed the action with prejudice. J …
No. A10-1607 Minn. 2012-05-02 Affirmed Eclipse Architectural Group, Inc. v. Lam
… h ed. 2009) (“ ‘Other process’ refers primarily to various extraordinary writs: habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto, certiorari and similar process.”). A mechanic’s lien statement does not fall within the definition of “a summons or other …
No. A11-0717 Minn. 2012-01-25 Affirmed Colbert v. State
… uly 6, 2006. Id. at 647, 654-57 . Colbert subsequently petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court asserting the same three grounds for relief. See Colbert v. Minnesota, No. 06-4407, 2007 WL 4224214 (D.Minn. Nov. 28, 2007). The …
No. A11-0450 Minn. 2011-12-28 Affirmed Roby v. State
… ims. He urges us to adopt the equitable tolling standard applied to the federal habeas corpus statute. See Holland v. Florida, — U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 2549, 2560-63 , 177 L.Ed.2d 130 (2010). Under Holland , the federal habeas corpus statute’s t …
A07-2205 Minn. 2008-08-07 Affirmed El-Shabazz v. State
… ction stands.” Id. at 292 . After Juarez was decided, Townsend sought a writ of habeas corpus, which the district court treated as a petition for post-conviction relief, seeking application of a different standard for harmless error than ha …
A07-629, A07-1687 Minn. 2008-03-27 Affirmed Wayne v. State
… (Minn.1993). Wayne also has petitioned in federal district court for a writ of habeas corpus. Wayne v. Benson, 89 F.3d 530, 531 (8th Cir.1996). The federal district court denied the writ, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. I …