State v. Root

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for postconviction relief in the form of resentencing under the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 590.01, subd. 3 (Supp.1981). We affirm.

Petitioner, who is now 22, was convicted in St. Louis County District Court in 1980 of theft, Minn.Stat. § 609.52, subd. 2(1) (1980), for taking a motorcycle valued at over $2,500 on April 19, 1980. The trial court sentenced petitioner to 10 years in prison, with the sentence to run concurrently with any prior sentences. Petitioner was released on February 1, 1982,…