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OPINIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT

FILED Wednesday, February 1, 2023

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



A22-0662        Tyrone James White, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
                         St. Louis County.
            Appellant’s postconviction claims are barred by the 2-year time limit in Minn. Stat. § 590.01, subd. 4(a) (2022), and do not satisfy the interests-of-justice exception in Minn. Stat. § 590.01, subd. 4(b)(5) (2022).
            Affirmed. Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea.
 
 
 
A21-0042        Ricky Lee McDeid, Appellant (A21-0042), Shane P. Garry, Appellant (A21-0043), vs. Nancy Johnston, CEO/Director, Minnesota Sex
A21-0043        Offender Program, et al., Respondents.
                         Court of Appeals.
            Minnesota Sex Offender Program patients had a clearly established right to transfer to Community Preparation Services within a reasonable time following issuance of a Minnesota Commitment Appeals Panel transfer order.
            Reversed and remanded. Justice Paul C. Thissen.
 
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ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW

FILED Wednesday, January 25, 2023


(Petitioner indicated in Italic Type)

POSTED THURSDAY AFTER SPECIAL TERM CONFERENCE



Granted in part

 1.   City Bella Commercial, L.L.C., et al. vs. City Bella on Lyndale – A22-0288

Issues Granted: (1) Where a common-interest community files an amended declaration that neither purports to sever any portion of the community nor otherwise complies with the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act’s (MCIOA) severance requirements, must a claimed severance based on the amended declaration be held void under Minn. Stat. § 515B.2-124?  (2) Where a common-interest community files an amended declaration that neither purports to sever any portion of the community nor otherwise complies with MCIOA’s severance requirements, must the community nevertheless commence a negative “challenge” to severance within MCIOA’s two-year statute of limitations or be barred from contending that no severance occurred?

Denied

 2.    Booker Timothy Hodges vs. State of Minnesota – A22-0444     
 3.    Minnesota Department of Corrections vs. Nathan Knutson – A21-0300     
 4.    State of Minnesota vs. Gary Christopher Petersen – A21-1743     
 5.    State of Minnesota vs. Jeffrey Michael Murdent – A21-1502     
 6.    Gideon Charles Arrington, II vs. State of Minnesota – A22-0668     
 7.    State of Minnesota vs. Dontae Deshaun White – A22-0072    
 8.    Katie Lynn Stangel vs. Dan Schlegel – A22-0921    
 9.    State of Minnesota vs. Leonte Laray High Town – A21-1733    
10.   State of Minnesota vs. Ron Wesley Epps – A20-1151    
11.   State of Minnesota vs. Randall Jermaine Watkins – A21-0284    
12.   State of Minnesota vs. James Paul Aery – A22-0170