Kent Richard Jones v. State of Minnesota

OPINION

LILLEHAUG, Justice.

In November 2006, appellant Kent Jones was found guilty of the murder of Linda Jensen. We affirmed his conviction on direct appeal. State v. Jones, 753 N.W.2d 677 (Minn.2008). Seven years later, Jones filed a petition for postconviction relief, in which he argued that relief was warranted because certain medical evidence, known to Jones at the time of his direct appeal, contradicts the opinion testimony of the State’s medical expert at trial. The postconviction court denied Jones’ petition without granting a hearing, concluding that the petition was not timely filed…