Legal Opinion
Evans v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 3, 2019No. A18-0994PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Justice.
Appellant Harry Jerome Evans moves for correction of his sentence, see Minn. R. Crim. P. 27.03, subd. 9, from "life imprisonment without possibility of release" under Minn. Stat. § 609.106, subd. 2(1) (2018), to "imprisonment for life" under the first-degree murder statute, Minn. Stat. § 609.185(a)(4) (2018).1 The postconviction court denied the motion, and we affirm.
FACTS
The facts underlying Evans's conviction are found in State v. Evans (Evans I ), 756 N.W.2d 854, 859-62 (Minn. 2008). Evans was found guilty by a Ramsey County jury and convicted of first-degree murder of a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2010
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2008
- State v. CermakSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
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3Cited by1 opinion
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