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proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard in Minnesota

5 Minnesota opinions name it 2 courts 2001–2026 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Minnesota courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
State v. Jacksongreen
minn · 2009 · cited in 1 Minnesota opinions naming this issue, 2026–2026
1 sentence

2026See State v. Jackson, 773 N.W.2d 111 , 122–23 (Minn. 2009) (concluding the prosecutor gave “a legitimate explanation of the State’s burden”).

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State v. Underwoodgreen
minn · 1979 · cited in 1 Minnesota opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
1 sentence

2015See State v. Underwood, 281 N.W.2d 337, 344 (Minn. 1979).

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State v. Ayersgreen
minn · 1975 · cited in 1 Minnesota opinions naming this issue, 2007–2007
2 sentences

2007Cf. State v. Ayers, 303 Minn. 562, 562 , 228 N.W.2d 547, 547 (1975) (holding that it was not prejudicial error in a bench trial for the court to state the wrong standard of review — clear and convincing, instead of beyond a reasonable doubt— when “the trial court made it clear that he applied the proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard in finding defendant guilty”).

2007Cf. State v. Ayers, 303 Minn. 562, 562 , 228 N.W.2d 547, 547 (1975) (holding that it was not prejudicial error in a bench trial for the court to state the wrong standard of review — clear and convincing, instead of beyond a reasonable doubt— when “the trial court made it clear that he applied the proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard in finding defendant guilty”).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Minnesota. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
State of Minnesota v. David Muniz Bustos green
minn · 2015
1 sentence

2016We recently reached a similar conclusion in Bustos, explaining that the district court’s errors regarding the proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard and the past-pattern jury instruction not only significantly affected Bustos’s trial, but left unchecked would also have a substantial and deleterious effect on future trials (and, not insignificantly, undercuts the historic standard of proof imposed on the State in criminal trials). 861 N.W.2d at 665 n.7.

12016–2016
Apprendi v. New Jersey green
scotus · 2000
2 sentences

2001Id. at 490 , 120 S.Ct. at 2363 .

2001Id. at 490 , 120 S.Ct. at 2363 .

12001–2001

Where else courts name it

MN 5 (2001–2026) KS 5 (2022–2026) OH 3 (1987–2016) TX 3 (2001–2019) WY 3 (1980–1988) CA 3 (2008–2020) IL 2 (2006–2006) IN 2 (1974–2018)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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