Bettin v. State

OPINION

SEDGWICK, Judge.

Willard Bettin appeals from an order denying his petition for post-conviction relief. Appellant argues that he is no longer a danger to society, and that he was denied equal protection since he must serve a longer sentence than a guidelines inmate. We affirm.

FACTS

Willard Bettin has been twice convicted for criminal sexual conduct. He was convicted in 1974 under Minn.Stat. § 609.291 (1971) for the aggravated rape of an 83 year old woman, a neighbor of his parents. Bettin was sentenced to one to thirty years in prison.

While Bettin was on work-release in 1978, he raped the…