Robel Belay Kubrom v. State of Minnesota

OPINION

RODENBERG, Judge.

Appellant Robel Belay Kubrom challenges the district court’s denial of his postconviction petition to amend his sentence after the district court added a mandatory conditional-release term to his bargained-for sentence that has now been fully served. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

On June 4, 2008, appellant Robel Belay Kubrom was charged with first-degree driving while impaired under Minn.Stat. §§ 169A.20, subd. 1(5), .24, subd. 1 (2008), and driving after cancellation as inimical to public safety under Minn.Stat. § 171.24, subd. 5(1) (2008), for a May 17, 2008 driving…