Herme v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Appellant carries the burden of proof to establish the facts alleged in his petition. Hanson v. State, 344 N.W.2d 420, 423 (Minn.Ct.App.1984). The trial court acts as a fact-finder and must decide whether the State has met its burden of proof. An appellate court must evaluate whether the evidence is sufficient to support the trial court’s post-conviction findings. State v. Doughman, 340 N.W.2d 348, 351 (Minn.Ct.App.1983). A reversal will not occur if the findings are supported by sufficient evidence. The court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the State and assume the jury believed the evidence supporting the convictions and disbelieved any contrary evidence. State v. Dillard, 355 N.W.2d 167, 171-72 (Minn.Ct.App.1984), pet. for rev. denied, (Minn. Oct. 30, 1984).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marshall v. State