Carlos Heard, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent
Supreme Court of Minnesota
1. Our decisions in State v. Coleman, 957 N.W.2d 72 (Minn. 2021), and State v. Noor, 964 N.W.2d 424 (Minn. 2021), announced new rules of substantive law concerning the mental-state element of third-degree depraved-mind murder under Minnesota Statutes section 609.195(a) (2024), which apply retroactively to convictions that were final when these rules were announced. 2. A postconviction petitioner is not required to independently satisfy the requirements of State v. Knaffla,…
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1. Our decisions in State v. Coleman, 957 N.W.2d 72 (Minn. 2021), and State v. Noor, 964 N.W.2d 424 (Minn. 2021), announced new rules of substantive law concerning the mental-state element of third-degree depraved-mind murder under Minnesota Statutes section 609.195(a) (2024), which apply retroactively to convictions that were final when these rules were announced. 2. A postconviction petitioner is not required to independently satisfy the requirements of State v. Knaffla, 243 N.W.2d 737 (Minn. 1976), if the petitioner establishes that a new interpretation of state law is retroactively…
1Opinion of the Court
STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A23-1511 Court of Appeals Gaïtas, J. Carlos Heard, Appellant, vs. Filed: June 18, 2025 Office of Appellate Courts State of Minnesota, Respondent. ________________________ Cathryn Middlebrook, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Gina D. Schulz, Assistant State Public Defender, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for appellant. Keith Ellison, Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Mary F. Moriarty, Hennepin County Attorney, Elizabeth Scoggin, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent. ________________________ SYLLABUS 1. Our decisions in State…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Schriro v. SummerlinSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Apodaca v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. KnafflaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- State v. OsborneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
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