State v. Manns

ORDER

In this case, petitioner State of Minnesota appealed to the court of appeals from the district court’s stay of adjudication of respondent’s guilty plea to felony theft. The court of appeals, citing our opinion in State v. Lee, 706 N.W.2d 491, 493 (Minn.2005), dismissed the appeal as untimely on grounds that appeals from stays of adjudication are appeals from pretrial orders that must be filed within five days after the service of notice of entry of the order or notification on the record. We here clarify that our holding in State v. Lee, that stays of adjudication are to be treated as…