Jason Donald Matakis v. State of Minnesota

OPINION

GILDEA, Chief Justice.

Appellant Jason Matakis pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, Minn.Stat. § 609.342, subd. l(h)(iii) (2014), and was sentenced to 144 months in prison. He later filed a petition for postconviction relief alleging that his guilty plea was not knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently made. The postconviction court denied the petition without an evidentiary hearing, concluding that the petition lacked factual support and failed to meet the substantive requirements for a postconviction petition. Matakis appealed, and the court of appeals…