The Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed the denials of the first three. Abdillahi v. State (Abdillahi IV), No. A16-0179, 2016 WL 4069294 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 1, 2016), rev. denied (Minn. Sept. 28, 2016); Abdillahi v. State (Abdillahi III), No. A14-1795, 2015 WL 4877721 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 17, 2015), rev. denied (Minn. Sept. 29, 2015); Abdillahi v. State (Abdillahi II), No. A12-1477, 2013 WL 2924900 (Minn. Ct. App. June 17, 2013), rev. denied (Minn.

Abdillahi has since filed several petitions for postconviction relief. This court affirmed the denial of his first petition in June 2013, Abdillahi v. State, No. A12-1477, 2013 WL 2924900 (Minn. App. June 17, 2013), review denied (Minn. Aug. 20, 2013) (Abdillahi II), his second petition in August 2015, Abdillahi v. State, No. A14-1795, 2015 WL 4877721 (Minn. App. Aug. 17, 2015), review denied (Minn. Sept. 29, 2015) (Abdillahi III), and his third petition in August 2016, Abdillahi v. State, No. A16-0179, 2016 WL 4069294 (Minn. App. Aug. 1, 2016), review denied (Minn.

The district court held evidentiary hearings in an earlier postconviction proceeding on the claim that A.I. gave false testimony. Abdillahi v. State (Abdillahi III), No. A14-1795, 2015 WL 4877721, at *2 (Minn. App. Aug. 17, 2015), review denied (Minn. Sept. 29, 2015), cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 1204 (2016). It concluded that testimony regarding A.I.'s alleged recantation was not corroborated and therefore denied appellant's request for a new trial.