Legal Opinion
Freeman v. State
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided September 26, 2011No. A11-215PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WORKE, Judge.
Appellant argues that the district court erred in concluding that he was precluded from petitioning for posteonviction relief from his petty-misdemeanor speeding offense because the Minnesota Postconviction Relief Act is available only to those convicted of crimes, which petty misdemeanors are not. We affirm.
*145FACTS
On January 11, 2010, appellant Brady Michael Alton Freeman was stopped and cited for speeding, in violation of Minn. Stat. § 169.14, subd. 2(a)(2) (2008).
The district court commenced a trial on March 24, 2010. Appellant appeared pro se and moved the district court…
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