STATE v. KIRBY

A15-0117.

899 N.W.2d 485 (2017)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Michael William KIRBY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: July 26, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Michael Everson , Assistant Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Daniel A. McIntosh , Steele County Attorney, Owatonna, Minnesota, for respondent.

Cathryn Middlebrook , Chief Appellate Public Defender, Steven P. Russett , Assistant Public Defender, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for appellant.

Robert Small , Executive Director, Minnesota County Attorneys Association, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Phillip D. Prokopowicz , Assistant Dakota County Attorney, Hastings, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota County Attorneys Association.


OPINION

Appellant Michael William Kirby was sentenced to 161 months in prison for first-degree possession of methamphetamine, Minn. Stat. § 152.021, subd. 2(a)(1) (2014). While his case was on appeal, the Drug Sentencing Reform Act (DSRA) took effect. See Act of May 22, 2016, ch. 160, 2016 Minn. Laws 576...

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