Cedric Lamont Berry v. State of Minnesota

Summary

The court affirmed the summary denial of Berry's postconviction petition without an evidentiary hearing. It held that, accepting the petition's factual allegations as true, none of Berry's claims established ineffective assistance of appellate counsel as a matter of law because counsel's challenged decisions were objectively reasonable or could not have prejudiced the outcome. The court also held that the undisputed allegations did not entitle Berry to relief under the governing postconviction standard.