Buhl v. State

I. The district court correctly concluded that this court's reversal of appellant's conviction was not on "grounds consistent with innocence."

Following the Minnesota Supreme Court's decision in Back v. State , a petitioner can qualify as exonerated only under Minn. Stat. § 590.11, subd. 1(1)(ii). 902 N.W.2d 23, 31 (Minn. 2017) (severing Minn. Stat. § 590.11, subd. 1(1)(i) ). Under this definition, a petitioner is "exonerated" if a court of the state of Minnesota "ordered a new trial on grounds consistent with innocence and the prosecutor dismissed the charges or the petitioner was found not…