Piringer v. State

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Robert Piringer appeals the denial of his second post-conviction petition seeking re-sentencing under the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines. We affirm.

FACTS

Robert Piringer pled guilty to first-degree criminal sexual conduct for an offense committed on April 7, 1980. The facts of this violent sexual assault are set forth in Piringer v. State, 328 N.W.2d 437 (Minn. 1983). The trial court sentenced Piringer to a prison term of one year and one day to 20 years.

Because Piringer was sentenced before the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines became effective, he brought a…