Phillip Anthony Roberts v. State of Minnesota

OPINION

LARKIN, Judge.

Appellant pleaded guilty to second-degree sale of a controlled substance in 2005. In 2013, appellant petitioned for postcon-viction relief, seeking to withdraw his guilty plea. He based his request on information regarding testing deficiencies at the crime laboratory that tested the controlled substance in his case. The post-conviction court concluded that appellant’s petition was time-barred under Minn.Stat. § 590.01, subd. 4(a) (2012), and summarily denied the petition. Appellant challenges the postconviction court’s ruling, arguing that his petition should have been…