Opinion ID: 1615671
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Text: Reeves filed his second petition for postconviction relief pursuant to the Nebraska Postconviction Act, Neb.Rev. Stat. §§ 29-3001 to 29-3004 (Reissue 1995). Postconviction proceedings under the act are civil in nature. State v. Silvers, 255 Neb. 702, 587 N.W.2d 325 (1998). For relief to be granted under the act, the claimed infringement must be constitutional in dimension. State v. Dandridge, 255 Neb. 364, 585 N.W.2d 433 (1998). An evidentiary hearing on a motion for postconviction relief must be granted when the motion contains factual allegations which, if proved, constitute an infringement of the movant's rights under the Constitution of either Nebraska or the United States. However, if the motion alleges only conclusions of fact or law, or the records and files in the case affirmatively show that the movant is entitled to no relief, no evidentiary hearing is required. State v. Smith, supra .