Ricky Darnell Waiters, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent

Summary

The court held that the district court’s unexplained summary denial of Waiters’s postconviction petition prevented meaningful appellate review because the record did not show whether the district court considered his claims. The court therefore reversed and remanded for further proceedings, without reaching the merits of the petition or the request for an evidentiary hearing. The court also noted that any reliance on a time bar would have required notice and an opportunity to be heard.