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Allegations in a petition “must be more than argumentative assertions without factual support.” (quotation omitted).

Allegations in a petition “must be more than argumentative assertions without factual support.” (quotation omitted).

T he “petitioner’s allegations must be more than argumentative assertions without factual support.” (quotation omitted).

n.6 (Minn. 2015) (denying state’s motion to strike as moot because the information the state sought to strike was not relevant to determining the outcome of the appeal).

The state asserted that surveillance video and photographs would show that, on March 12, 2022, Niesen entered a Kwik Trip convenience 1 “An Alford plea is a guilty plea in which a defendant maintains his innocence but pleads guilty because the evidence is sufficient to support a jury’s determination of guilt.” n.2 (Minn. 2015) (citing North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 37-38 (1970)).

(stating that an appellate court reviews a district court’s denial of postconviction relief for an abuse of discretion).

Allegations in a postconviction petition must be “more than argumentative assertions without factual support.” Matakis v. State , (quotation omitted).

Matakis v. State , d 33, 36 (Minn. 2015).

The state relies on Matakis v. State to argue that particular language is not required as long as the defendant acknowledges, as Matakis did, that the state “would have sufficient evidence to find you guilty if the matter went to trial.” (alteration in original).

–41 (2015); cf. Minn. R. Crim.

The 8 appellate court reviews legal issues de novo, but its review of factual issues “is limited to whether there is sufficient ev idence in the record to su stain the postconviction court’s findings.” (quotation omitted).

We review legal issues de novo, but our review of factual issues is “limited to whether there is sufficient evidence in the record to sustain the postconviction court’s findings.” Matakis v. State , (quotation omitted).

” Matakis v. State , (quotation omitted).

D E C I S I O N “We review the denial of a petition for postconviction relief for an abuse of discretion.”

We review legal issues de novo, but on factual issues our review is limited to whether there is sufficient evidence in the record to sustain the postconviction court’s findings.” (citation and quotation omitted).

“We review legal issues de novo, but on factual issues our review is limited to whether there is sufficient evidence in the record to sustain the postconviction court ’s findings.” (quotation omitted).