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Opinions in Minnesota that cite Pearson v. State, 891 N.W.2d 590.
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John Kevin Melina, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2026
A postconviction court “abuses its discretion when it has exercised its discretion in an arbitrary or capricious manner, based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law, or made clearly erroneous factual findings.” (quotation omitted).
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Cameron Oneal Clark, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2026
A district court abuses its discretion when it has “exercised its discretion in an arbitrary or capricious manner, based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law, or made clearly erroneous factual findings.” (quotation omitted).
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Scott Solon Schaefer-Bonovsky, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2026
Schaefer-Bonovsky asserts that trial counsel “knew he couldn’t counter” the victim’s trial testimony about the sexual touching and that counsel therefore lied when he told Schaefer-Bonovsky that “he had a good chance when counsel knew he had none.” “[A]n erroneous strategic prediction about the outcome of a trial is not necessarily deficient performance.”
- Abdulwahid Hassan Hedo, petitioner, Appellant, Minn. Ct. App. 2026
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Marshall Adrian Pack, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2026
Appellate courts “review the denial of a petition for postconviction relief for an abuse of discretion.”
- Mathew Paul Crow v. State of Minnesota Minn. Ct. App. 2026
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Timothy James Hirchert, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2026
3 DECISION “We review the denial of a petition for postconviction relief for an abuse of discretion.”
- In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child(ren) of: T. K. H., B. M. P., G. J. … Minn. Ct. App. 2026
- In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child(ren) of: T. K. H., B. M. P., G. J. … Minn. Ct. App. 2026
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2026
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Ellis Scott Tooles, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2026
DECISION Appellate courts “review the denial of a petition for postconviction relief for an abuse of discretion.”
- Jacob William Kinn v. State of Minnesota Minn. Ct. App. 2026
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Jacob William Kinn v. State of Minnesota
Minn. Ct. App. 2026
The district court “abuses its discretion when it has exercised its discretion in an arbitrary or capricious manner, based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law, or made clearly erroneous factual findings.” (quotation omitted).
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Patrick Charles Bonga, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
Appellate courts “review the denial of a petition for postconviction relief for an abuse of discretion.” Pearson v. State
- Sarah Nicole Englund v. State of Minnesota Minn. Ct. App. 2025
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Sarah Nicole Englund v. State of Minnesota
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
Appellate courts “review a district court’s factual findings for clear error and its legal conclusions de novo.” Id.; (explaining that “[l]egal issues are reviewed de novo, but .
- Tescil Romalis Mason-Kimmons v. State of Minnesota Minn. 2025
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Tescil Romalis Mason-Kimmons v. State of Minnesota
Minn. 2025
While we review a district court’s denial of a postconviction petition for an abuse of discretion, we review de novo the Strickland analysis because “the performance and prejudice components of the ineffectiveness inquiry [involve] mixed questions of law and fact.” (alteration in original) (quotation omitted); (“We review a district court’s denial of a postconviction petition for an abuse of discretion, and we review any embedded issues of law de novo.”).
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2025
- Karl Alfredo Rosillo, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent Minn. Ct. App. 2025
- Michael Edmund Richmond, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent Minn. Ct. App. 2025
- Michael Edmund Richmond, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent Minn. Ct. App. 2025
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Karl Alfredo Rosillo, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
A district court abuses its discretion if it “exercise[s] its discretion in an arbitrary or capricious manner, base[s] its ruling on an erroneous view of the law, or [makes] clearly erroneous factual findings.” (quotation omitted).
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
DECISION Appellate courts “review the denial of a petition for postconviction relief for an abuse of discretion.”
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Emmanuel Troy Davis, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
“A postconviction court abuses its discretion when it has exercised its discretion in an arbitrary or capricious manner, based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law, or made clearly erroneous factual findings.” 596 (Minn. 2017) (quotation omitted).
- Kayd Mohamed Falug, petitioner, Appellant, Minn. Ct. App. 2025
- Christopher Lee Konakowitz v. State of Minnesota Minn. Ct. App. 2025
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Christopher Lee Konakowitz v. State of Minnesota
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
“A postconviction court abuses its discretion when it has exercised its discretion in an arbitrary or capricious manner, based its rulings on an erroneous view of the law, or made clearly erroneous factual findings.” (quotation omitted).
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A24-1949
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
A postconviction court abuses its discretion when it has exercised its discretion in an arbitrary or capricious manner, based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law, or made clearly erroneous factual findings .” (quotation and citation omitted).
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Reginald Scott Hubbard, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law[.]” (quotation omitted).
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2025
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
“A [district] court abuses its discretion when it has exercised its discretion in an arbitrary or capricious manner, based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law, or made clearly erroneous factual findings.” (quotation omitted).
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Eric Dow Johnson, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
“A 4 [district] court abuses its discretion when it has exercised its discretion in an arbitrary or capricious manner, based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law, or made clearly erroneous factual findings.” (quotation omitted).
- Carlos Heard, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent Minn. 2025
- Carlos Heard, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent Minn. 2025
- Andrew Charles Patton, petitioner, Appellant, Minn. Ct. App. 2025
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2025
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Thomas Gabor Gratzer, petitioner, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
In doing so, we review legal issues de novo and limit our review of factual issues “to whether there is sufficient evidence in the record to sustain the [district] court’s findings.” Pearson v. State, 5 (quotation omitted).
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Johnny Earl Edwards, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
d 590, 596 (Minn. 2017).
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2025
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Mark Scott Hendrickson, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
“A postconviction court abuses its discretion when it has exercised its discretion in an arbitrary or capricious manner, based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law, or made clearly erroneous factual findings.” 6 (quotation omitted).
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Stacy Lee Row, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
“We review the denial of a petition for postconviction relief for an abuse of discretion.”
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
Under the Strickland test, a defendant must “show that (1) counsel’s performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness and (2) there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”
- Roosevelt Bartu, Jr., petitioner, Appellant, Minn. Ct. App. 2025
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Remona Lysa Brown, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
Appellate courts “review the denial of a petition for postconviction relief for an abuse of discretion.”
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
Under the Strickland test, a defendant must “show that (1) counsel’s performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness and (2) there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”
- John Lee Littlejohn, petitioner, Appellant, Minn. Ct. App. 2024
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Albert George McIntosh, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
“A postconviction court abuses its discretion when it has exercised its discretion in an arbitrary or capricious manner, based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law, or made clearly erroneous factual findings.” (quotation omitted).
- William Larry Armstrong v. State of Minnesota Minn. Ct. App. 2024
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William Larry Armstrong v. State of Minnesota
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
A district court abuses its discretion in postconviction matters “when it has exercised its discretion in an arbitrary or capricious manner, based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law, or made clearly erroneous factual findings.” (quotation omitted).