State v. Miller

OPINION

CHUTICH, Judge.

The State of Minnesota challenges the district court’s decision to sua sponte vacate respondent Stacie Ann Miller’s guilty plea to third-degree driving while impaired and to order the return of an administrative-costs fee, contending that no legal basis exists to support those actions. Because the district court erred in vacating Miller’s plea without providing the parties with notice and an opportunity to be heard, and because the district court incorrectly applied the law-of-the-case doctrine, we reverse.

FACTS

According to the complaint, on December 26, 2012, at…