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Opinions in Minnesota that cite State v. Ortega, 813 N.W.2d 86.
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Crow Wing County State of Minnesota v. Michael Lee LaFlex Thissen, J. Concurring in part, dissenting in part, …
Minn. 2026
(concluding that the defendant “conceal[ing] [the victim]’s body” supported a finding of premeditation); (concluding that the defendant’s “refus[al] to call the police” supported a finding of premeditation); (concluding that burning the victim’s body was an “effort[] to hide” the body and strongly supported that the defendant premeditated the killing)
- State of Minnesota v. Troy James Bonkowske Minn. Ct. App. 2026
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State of Minnesota v. Alujonae Sherae Fowler
Minn. Ct. App. 2026
When considering an insufficient-evidence claim, this court analyzes the record to determine whether the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the 4 conviction, was sufficient to support the jury’s verdict.1
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State of Minnesota v. Nathan Taylor Sheldon
Minn. Ct. App. 2026
Our review “is limited to a painstaking analysis of the record to determine whether the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the conviction, was sufficient to permit the jurors to reach the verdict which they did.” (quotation omitted).
- State of Minnesota v. Nicholas James Firkus Minn. 2026
- State of Minnesota v. Nicholas James Firkus Minn. 2026
- State of Minnesota v. Edward Alexander Cox Minn. Ct. App. 2026
- State of Minnesota v. Lue Moua Minn. Ct. App. 2026
- State of Minnesota v. Lue Moua Minn. Ct. App. 2026
- State of Minnesota v. James Michael Thomson Minn. Ct. App. 2025
- State of Minnesota v. James Michael Thomson Minn. Ct. App. 2025
- State of Minnesota v. Carlton Chia Djam Minn. Ct. App. 2025
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State of Minnesota v. James Michael Peters, III
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
When reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, appellate courts engage in “a painstaking analysis of the record to determine whether the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the conviction, was sufficient to permit the jurors to reach the verdict which they did.”
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State of Minnesota v. Kevin Herman Larson
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
When reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence for a conviction, we undertake “a painstaking analysis of the record to determine whether the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the conviction, was sufficient.” (quotation omitted).
- State of Minnesota v. Travis Clay Andersen Minn. Ct. App. 2025
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State of Minnesota v. Letrell Marqueete Baggett
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
The evidence is reviewed “in the light most favorable to the conviction.” (quotation omitted).
- State of Minnesota v. Melissa Ann Miller Minn. Ct. App. 2025
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State of Minnesota v. Robert James Cerney, Jr.
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
5 In analyzing an argument that the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction, this court ordinarily undertakes “a painstaking analysis of the record to determine whether the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the conviction, was sufficient.” (quotation omitted).
- State of Minnesota v. John Joseph Hare Minn. Ct. App. 2025
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State of Minnesota v. Lionell Bailey
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
An appellate court reviews the evidence “in the light most favorable to the conviction” and “assume[s] the jury believed the State’s witnesses and disbelieved any evidence to the contrary.” (quotation omitted).
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State of Minnesota v. Patrick Jay Sullivan
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
“And we will not disturb the verdict if the jury, acting with due regard for the presumption of innocence and the requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, could reasonably conclude that the defendant was guilty of the charged offense.”
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State of Minnesota v. Adrian Dominique Bell
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
We will affirm a conviction if the fact-finder, “acting with due regard for the presumption of innocence and the requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, could reasonably conclude that the defendant wa s guilty of the charged offense.”
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State of Minnesota v. Charles Edward Love
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
In analyzing an argument that the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction, this court undertakes “a painstaking analysis of the record to determine whether the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the conviction, was sufficient.” (quotation omitted).
- State of Minnesota v. Daquan Christopher Savon Ledbetter Minn. Ct. App. 2024
- State of Minnesota v. Larry Rucker Minn. Ct. App. 2024
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State of Minnesota v. Tirson Lamberty Castro
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
In doing so, this court “assume[s] the jury believed the [s]tate’s witnesses and disbelieved any evidence to the contrary.”
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State of Minnesota v. Glen Alvin Johnson
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
In analyzing an argument that the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction, this court ordinarily undertakes “a painstaking analysis of the record to determine whether the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the conviction, was sufficient.” (quotation omitted).
- State of Minnesota v. Kelly Ann Tysdale Minn. Ct. App. 2024
- State of Minnesota v. Matthew Starnes Minn. Ct. App. 2024
- State of Minnesota v. Matthew Starnes Minn. Ct. App. 2024
- State of Minnesota v. Ryan Timothy Kellen Minn. Ct. App. 2024
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State of Minnesota v. Ryan Timothy Kellen
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
In analyzing an argument that the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction, this court ordinarily undertakes “a painstaking analysis of the record to determine whether 5 the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the conviction, was sufficient.” (quotation omitted).
- State of Minnesota v. Dominic Junior Barry Minn. Ct. App. 2024
- State of Minnesota v. Marice Darnell King Minn. Ct. App. 2024
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State of Minnesota v. Dennis Anthony Bradley
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
We will not overturn a verdict if the district court, “acting with due regard for the presumption of innocence and the requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, could reasonably conclude that the 7 defendant was guilty of the charged offense.”
- State of Minnesota v. Juan Antonio Ruiz Minn. Ct. App. 2024
- State of Minnesota v. David Alan Williams Minn. Ct. App. 2024
- State of Minnesota v. Zane David Foley Minn. Ct. App. 2024
- State of Minnesota v. Zane David Foley Minn. Ct. App. 2024
- State of Minnesota v. David Alan Williams Minn. Ct. App. 2024
- State of Minnesota v. Elsa E. Segura Minn. 2024
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State of Minnesota v. Elsa E. Segura
Minn. 2024
When direct evidence establishes an element of the crime, we painstakingly review the record “to determine whether the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the conviction, was sufficient to permit the jurors to reach the verdict which they did.” ().
- State of Minnesota v. Terry Allen Stewart Minn. Ct. App. 2023
- State of Minnesota v. Terry Allen Stewart Minn. Ct. App. 2023
- In the Matter of the Welfare of: G. V. G., Child Minn. Ct. App. 2023
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State of Minnesota v. Michael Romeo Geraci
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
5 In analyzing an argument that the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction, this court ordinarily undertakes “a painstaking analysis of the record to determine whether the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the conviction, was sufficient.” (quotation omitted).
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State of Minnesota v. Joseph Manasseh Johnson
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
“[W]e will not disturb the verdict if the jury, acting with due regard for the presumption of innocence and the requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, could reasonably conclude that the defendant was guilty of the charged offense.” (citation omitted).
- State of Minnesota v. Allen Marquise Burson Minn. Ct. App. 2023
- State of Minnesota v. Christopher James Colgrove Minn. 2023
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State of Minnesota v. Christopher James Colgrove
Minn. 2023
D-2 (); (“If the jury could reasonably conclude a defendant had been proven guilty, giving due regard to the presumption of innocence and the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, this co