Townsend v. State

OPINION

DIETZEN, Justice.

Appellant Otha Eric Townsend challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to correct his sentence under Minn. R.Crim. P. 27.03, subd. 9. Townsend was convicted of first-degree murder in 1994, and we affirmed his conviction on direct appeal in 1996. We subsequently affirmed the denial of his four petitions for postcon-viction relief. In the current proceeding before the court, Townsend filed a motion to correct his sentence under rule 27.03, subdivision 9, arguing that the overall length of his imprisonment should be reduced. The district court treated the…