Martinek v. State

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge.

Appellant Lee Thomas Martinek appeals from an order denying his petition for postconviction relief. Appellant challenges the addition of a 10-year conditional release term to his sentence for second-degree criminal sexual conduct, arguing that the district court could not add sanctions after expiration of his sentence.

Because the district court judge’s letter to the Department of Corrections (DOC), which was neither filed in the court file nor served on appellant, is not an effective order to amend appellant’s sentence, and because appellant’s sentence expired before a…