Vickla v. State

OPINION

DIETZEN, Justice.

After pleading guilty to offering forged checks in an amount greater than $35,000, waiving his right to a jury trial on the sentencing issues, and admitting he qualified as a career offender under Minn.Stat. § 609.1095, subd. 4 (2010), respondent William Paul Vickla received the statutory-maximum sentence of 240 months.1 Vickla filed a petition for postconviction relief, arguing that the district court erred when it imposed the statutory-maximum sentence for his conviction. The postconviction court denied the petition, but the court of appeals reversed and remanded for…