STATE v. VADNAIS

No. C1-86-635.

393 N.W.2d 178 (1986)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Gary Lee VADNAIS, Petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Susan K. Maki, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, State Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas Foley, Ramsey Co. Atty., Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. Co. Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

We granted the petition of Gary Lee Vadnais for review of a decision of the Court of Appeals, 388 N.W.2d 768, affirming the post-conviction court's refusal to reduce his sentence from 19 months to 17 months. The issue is whether defendant should benefit from the 1983 legislative amendment providing that any reduction in the presumptive sentence duration is retroactive "for all inmates serving sentences" imposed...

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