Court Opinion

ID: 9657185
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 20:17:06.078061+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:13:42.006365
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FORSBERG, Judge
(dissenting):
I respectfully dissent. The majority cites State v. Plan, 316 N.W.2d 727 (Minn.1982), to support the contention that the determination of whether a conviction is formally “adjudicated” is determined by looking at the official judgment of conviction. The Minnesota Supreme Court has since decided two cases which further define an “adjudicated conviction.” I believe that under State v. LaTourelle, 343 N.W.2d 277 (Minn.1984), and State v. Fratzke, 354 N.W.2d 402 (Minn.1984), appellant’s convictions for counts II, IV, and V, were not “adjudicated.”
In LaTourelle, the court stated that:
[t]he proper procedure to be followed by the trial court when the defendant is convicted on more than one charge for the same act is for the court to adjudicate formally and impose sentence on one count only. The remaining conviction(s) should not be formally adjudicated at this time. If the adjudicated conviction is later vacated * * * one of the remaining unadjudicated convictions can then be formally adjudicated and sentence imposed * * *.
343 N.W.2d at 284.
The court further clarified the definition of an adjudicated conviction in Fratzke. In Fratzke, the defendant was convicted of first degree murder under the felony murder section of the statute, and of aggravated robbery. The court stated that Fratzke could be convicted on more than one charge, but that only one conviction could be “adjudicated.” 354 N.W.2d at 410. The court stated “[a]n adjudication of conviction is defined [as] * * * ‘[t]he sentence or stay of imposition of sentence * * *.’ ” Id. quoting Minn.R.Crim.P. 27.03, subd. 7. The court held that since there was no sentencing or stay of imposition of sentencing on the conviction of aggravated robbery, it was not an “adjudicated convic*117tion,” and therefore need not be vacated. Id. Accordingly, I would hold that since defendant was not sentenced on his convictions for counts II, IV, and V, and there was no stay on the imposition of sentencing, these convictions were not formally “adjudicated,” and thus need not be vacated.