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OPINIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT

FILED WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

NOTICE - MEDIA RELEASE TIME IS 10:00 A.M. 

   

 

A12-0571        Brian Alexander Clifton, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
                      Hennepin County.
            1.   Minnesota Statutes § 590.01, subd. 4(a) (2012), bars a postconviction petition filed more than 2 years after an appellate court’s disposition of the petitioner’s direct appeal unless the petition satisfies one of the exceptions in Minn. Stat. § 590.01, subd. 4(b) (2012).
            2.   Appellant’s petition does not satisfy the newly discovered evidence exception in Minn. Stat. § 590.01, subd. 4(b)(2), and is therefore time barred. 
            Affirmed.  Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea.

ORDER

A12-0821        In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Peter James Nickitas, a Minnesota Attorney, 
                      Registration No. 212313.
                      Supreme Court.
            Suspended.  Justice Alan C. Page.

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 

ADM10-8051              Civil Justice Reform Task Force.
ADM09-8009              General Rules of Practice for the District Courts.
ADM04-8001              Rules of Civil Procedure.
                                Supreme Court.
            The Supreme Court has adopted amendments authorizing an Expedited Civil Litigation Track Pilot Project in the district courts in Dakota County and the city of Duluth, effective July 1, 2013.

 

 

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