Legal Opinion
Sontoya v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 1, 2013No. A12-0170PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.
Appellant Michael Carrasco Sontoya was convicted on May 14, 2009, of first-degree murder while committing first-degree criminal sexual conduct, Minn. Stat § 609.185(a)(2) (2012). He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release. On direct appeal to our court, he challenged his conviction on several grounds but did not raise an ineffective assistance of counsel claim. See State v. Sontoya, 788 N.W.2d 868, 872, 874-76 (Minn.2010). We affirmed his conviction on September 16, 2010.1 Id.
On September 16, 2011, Sontoya filed a petition for…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- State v. KnafflaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Deegan v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
- Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2010
- State v. BrocksSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Hooper v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2013
- Jason Donald Matakis v. State of MinnesotaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2015
- Abshir Abtidon Barrow v. State of MinnesotaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2015
- Chaun Dubae Carridine v. State of MinnesotaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2015
- Matakis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2014
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