Edstrom v. State

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

Norman Alvin Edstrom, who is serving a 30-year sentence imposed in 1975 for rape, seeks habeas corpus. It appears that the Federal District Court dismissed Edstrom’s petition for habeas corpus because of failure to exhaust state remedies. Edstrom then filed a petition in state district court. The Minnesota Court of Appeals, 378 N.W.2d 90, affirmed the order of the district court denying relief. Specifically, the Court of Appeals held (1) that petitioner— who is serving a pre-Guidelines sentence that he was unable to get reduced in a postconviction relief proceeding…