Carlos Heard, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent

── Carlos Heard, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent ── Court: Supreme Court of Minnesota Date: June 18, 2025 Category: General Decision: Reversed and remanded 1. Our decisions in State v. Coleman, 957 N.W.2d 72 (Minn. 2021), and State v. Noor, 964 N.W.2d 424 (Minn. 2021), announced new rules of substantive law concerning the mental-state element of third-degree depraved-mind murder under Minnesota Statutes section 609.195(a) (2024), which apply retroactively to convictions that were final when these rules were announced. 2. A postconviction petitioner is not required to independently satisfy the requirements of State v. Knaffla, 243 N.W.2d 737 (Minn. 1976), if the petitioner establishes that a new interpretation of state law is retroactively applicable to the petitioner’s case in the first postconviction petition filed after the new interpretation of state law is announced. Reversed and remanded.