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Opinions in Minnesota that cite State v. Sorenson, 441 N.W.2d 455.
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2026
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2026
Appellate courts generally decline to decide issues “which are not first addressed by the trial court and are raised for the first time on appeal.” d 455, 457 (Minn. 1989).
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2026
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DeMarcus LeMaine Barker, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
Generally, appellate courts “will not decide issues which are not first addressed by the trial court and are raised for the first time on appeal.” (“It is well settled that a party may not raise issues for the first time on appeal from denial of postconviction relief.” (quotation omitted)).
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
Generally, an appellate court will not review issues that are raised for the first time on appeal but may decide to hear such issues at its own discretion “when the interests of justice require their consideration and addressing them would not work an unfair surprise on a party.”
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James Ervin Owen, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
considered by the trial court in deciding the matter before it” (quotation omitted)); (stating that an appellate court does not “decide issues which are not first addressed by the trial court and are raised for the first time on appeal even if the issues involve constitutional questions regarding criminal procedure” ().
- Milton K. Sanders, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent Minn. 2025
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Milton K. Sanders, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent
Minn. 2025
(explaining that, in general, “we will not decide issues which are not first addressed by the [district] court”).
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
See, -59 (Minn. 1989) (declining to consider a Fourth Amendment challenge, in part because the appellant failed to preserve the error below).
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
(providing that appellate courts typically only decide issues that are “first addressed by the [district] court”).
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
P. 11.02(a), (b), (g); 11 (Minn. 1989); State ex rel.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
P. 11.02(a), (b), (g); State ex rel.
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State of Minnesota, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
Generally, we do not consider issues raised for the first time on appeal unless “the interests of justice require their consideration and addressing them would not work an unfair surprise on a party.”
- Ricky Darnell Waiters, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent Minn. 2024
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Ricky Darnell Waiters, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent
Minn. 2024
at 24; (stating that an appellate court usually “will not decide issues which are not first addressed by the [district] court”).
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In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of: J. L. G., Parent.
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
See, (stating that appellate courts “may .
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A22-1051
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
(declining to address a legal argument not raised below and noting that “[u]sually, we will not decide issues which are not first addressed by the trial court and are raised for the first time on appeal”).
- George Dudley, petitioner, Appellant, Minn. Ct. App. 2023
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2022
in which the supreme court declined to consider an argument for suppression based on the Minnesota Constitution because th at theory had not been presented to the district court.
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2022
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2022
(noting that reviewing courts “will not decide issues which are not first addressed by the trial court and are raised for the first time on appeal”).
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State of Minnesota, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2021
See Tischendorf v. Tischendorf , State v. Sorenson
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State of Minnesota, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2021
(stating that an appellate court usually “will not decide issues which are not first addressed by the [district] court”).
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2021
Oliver v. United States, 466 U.S. 170, 176- 6 77, 104 S. Ct. 1735, 1740 (1984)
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2021
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2020
- Miguel Angel Rodriguez, petitioner, Appellant, Minn. Ct. App. 2020
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2020
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State of Minnesota,
Minn. 2020
We may consider arguments not addressed by the district court “when the interests of justice require their consideration and addressing them would not work an unfair surprise on a party.” State v. Sorenson
- State v. Brown 932 N.W.2d 283 Minn. 2019
- State v. Roy 928 N.W.2d 341 Minn. 2019
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State v. Roy
928 N.W.2d 341
Minn. 2019
See State v. Sorenson , , 457 (Minn. 1989).
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2019
“Usually, we will not decide issues which are not first addressed by the trial 4 court and are raised for the first time on appeal even if the issues involve constitutional questions regarding criminal procedure.”
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2019
7 to address issues that have not been raised at the lower courts.”
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2019
See State v. Sorenson , (declining to consider an issue th at was not adequately briefed or litigated).
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2018
This court has declined to “decide issues which are not first addressed by the [district] court and are raised for the first time on appeal even if the issues involve constitutional questions regarding criminal procedure.” State v. Sorenson
- State v. Chute 908 N.W.2d 578 Minn. 2018
- Hunter Lee Briscoe, petitioner, Appellant, Minn. Ct. App. 2017
- State of Minnesota v. Cassandra Lee Lundgren Minn. Ct. App. 2016
- State of Minnesota v. Cassandra Lee Lundgren Minn. Ct. App. 2016
- State of Minnesota v. Xa Vang Minn. Ct. App. 2016
- State of Minnesota v. Xa Vang Minn. Ct. App. 2016
- State of Minnesota v. Joshua Dwight Liebl 886 N.W.2d 512 Minn. Ct. App. 2016
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State of Minnesota v. Joshua Dwight Liebl
886 N.W.2d 512
Minn. Ct. App. 2016
(declining to consider search- and-seizure issue under Minn. Const. art. I, § 10, and limiting analysis to U.S. Const. amend.
- State of Minnesota v. Tressa Lee Bissonette Minn. Ct. App. 2016
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State of Minnesota v. Tressa Lee Bissonette
Minn. Ct. App. 2016
However, an appellate court has discretion to consider issues for the first time on appeal “when the interests of justice require their consideration and addressing 3 them would not work an unfair surprise on a party.”
- State of Minnesota v. Stuart Donald Luhm 880 N.W.2d 606 Minn. Ct. App. 2016
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State of Minnesota v. Stuart Donald Luhm
880 N.W.2d 606
Minn. Ct. App. 2016
at 1139-40 ; Krech, d at 636-37 .
- State of Minnesota, Respondent/Cross-Appellant v. Bonnie Ann Lindquist, Appellant/Cross-Respondent. 869 N.W.2d 863 Minn. 2015
- State of Minnesota v. Esteban J. Ramos, Jr. Minn. Ct. App. 2015