Francis v. State

OPINION

WRIGHT, Justice.

Michael Calvin Francis seeks postcon-viction relief from his convictions arising from the shooting of M.P. and the death of P.R. The postconviction court summarily denied Francis’s petition on the ground that the petition is time barred under Minn.Stat. § 590.01, subd. 4(a) (2012), because Francis failed to satisfy the newly-discovered-evidence exception in Minn. Stat. § 590.01, subd. 4(b)(2) (2012). Alternatively, the district court denied the petition as barred under State v. Knaffla, 309 Minn. 246, 252, 243 N.W.2d 737, 741 (1976). We affirm because the petition is…