Supreme Court of Minnesota

Otha Eric Townsend v. State of Minnesota

February 21, 2024

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Townsend’s third motion to correct his sentence, holding that the law of the case doctrine barred his renewed request to apply custody credit to his life sentence. Although the current motion sought a different number of credit days, it presented the same underlying issue previously resolved in Townsend’s earlier sentence-correction proceedings. No separate opinions were filed.