Willie Edd Reynolds v. State of Minnesota

OPINION

GILDEA, Chief Justice.

The question presented in this case is whether an offender who contends that his sentence violates Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004), must bring that challenge before the expiration of the 2-year limitations period in the postconviction statute, Minn. Stat. § 590.01, subd. 4 (2014). Respondent Willie Edd Reynolds challenged the imposition of a 10-year conditional-release term as part of his sentence under Minn. R. Crim. P. 27.03, subd. 9. Reynolds claimed that the conditional-release term was not authorized by law because…