This court affirmed. Washington v. State, No. A09–439, 2009 WL 4796645 (Minn.App. Dec. 15, 2009), review denied (Minn. Feb. 24, 2010).
The postconviction court denied relief, and this court affirmed, holding that appellant's challenge to his sentence was barred by State v. Knaffla, 309 Minn. 246, 252, 243 N.W.2d 737, 741 (1976), because it had been raised in his direct appeal and rejected by this court. Washington v. State, No. A09-439, 2009 WL 4796645, at *1 (Minn. App. Dec. 15, 2009). Appellant raised the same issue in a petition to the United States District Court for a writ of habeas corpus, which was denied.