BACK v. STATE

A15-1637.

902 N.W.2d 23 (2017)

Danna Rochelle BACK, Respondent, v. STATE of Minnesota, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: September 27, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Bellig , Joseph A. Gangi , Farrish Johnson Law Office, Chtd., Mankato, Minnesota, for respondent.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Michael O. Freeman , Hennepin County Attorney, David C. Brown , Deputy County Attorney, Linda M. Freyer , Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appellant.

Karen Daniel , Sara Sommervold , Andrea Lewis , Center on Wrongful Convictions, Chicago, Illinois; and Colette Routel , Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for amicus curiae The Center on Wrongful Convictions Women's Project.

Timothy J. Droske , Nathan J. Ebnet , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae The Innocence Network and the Innocence Project of Minnesota.


OPINION

This case requires us to determine whether Danna Rochelle Back may file a petition for an order declaring her eligible for compensation under Minnesota's Imprisonment and Exoneration Remedies Act, Minn. Stat. §§ 590.11, 611.362-.368 (2016) (the "exoneration-compensation statute"). The case raises three...

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