State of Minnesota v. Jason Ryan Williams

OPINION

WRIGHT, Justice.

Following a jury trial, the district court convicted and sentenced appellant Jason Ryan Williams for two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, and one count of burglary. We affirmed Williams’s convictions on direct appeal. State v. Williams, 535 N.W.2d 277, 279 (Minn.1995).

In May 2014, Williams moved to correct his sentence, citing Miller v. Alabama, — U.S. —, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 2469, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012) (holding that mandatory imposition of life imprisonment without the possibility of release (LWOR) for juvenile offenders who are…