Butala v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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40 state decisions

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1. “[D]elay is one relevant factor against granting relief, and in extreme cases may justify denial of relief. Rairdon v. State, 557 N.W.2d [318,] 322 [(Minn.1996)] (citing Gaulke v. State, 296 Minn. 487, 487 , 206 N.W.2d 652, 652 (1973) (relief denied based on 25-year delay)). But we have a commitment to convicted defendants' rights to at least one substantive review. Rairdon, 557 N.W.2d at 322 (9-year delay did not preclude review on the merits); Hoagland v. State, 518 N.W.2d 531, 536 (Minn.1994) (8-year delay alone did not preclude relief because the burden is on the state to establish undue prejudice by delay); Riggers v. State, 284 Minn. 543, 543-44 , 169 N.W.2d 58, 59 (1969) (33-year delay did not preclude relief).”

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

2. “no substantive basis for denying review of [James's] petition on the merits because of delay.”

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