State v. Wright

OPINION

RANDALL, Judge.

Respondent, Jean Pierre Wright, pleaded guilty to first-degree driving while impaired (DWI) and gross-misdemeanor driving after cancellation as inimical to public safety. The district court then stayed adjudication of respondent’s conviction. The state appealed 27 business days after the district court’s decision in reliance on Minn. R.Crim. P. 28.05, subd. 1(1), which allows the state to appeal felony sentences within 90 days of the sentencing order. A special term panel of this court questioned jurisdiction, but deferred ruling on the issue. At special term, respondent…