HowAppealing
MARCH 24, 2021
“Minnesota Supreme Court: Rape victims not ‘mentally incapacitated’ unless forcibly intoxicated; The far-reaching decision also gives a man convicted of third-degree sexual assault a new trial.” ” You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Minnesota at this link.
JURIST
APRIL 17, 2023
The Minnesota Court of Appeals Monday upheld the conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd during a 2020 arrest. For the counts of unintentional second-degree felony murder , third-degree murder , and second-degree manslaughter against him, Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison.
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JURIST
APRIL 6, 2023
The survivors and families of the victims joined in a lawsuit against the US government, alleging negligence under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act due to the government’s failure to prevent Kelley from purchasing a firearm despite his prior felony convictions. The post US Justice Department to give $144.5M
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will be hosting a clinic in north Minneapolis this week to help eligible people get their criminal records wiped clean, Nafi Soumare reports for the Minnesota Reformer. billion in cumulative wages are lost every year in Minnesota due to convictions that should be expunged.
JonathanTurley
MAY 2, 2021
Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association and the Law Enforcement Labor Services has taken the unusual (if not unprecedented) step of asking the University of Minnesota to investigate a student for her call to make the lives of campus police a living “hell.” 2b.Other felony offenses.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 26, 2022
There is a bizarre case in Minnesota where Levi Arneberg, 27, is accused of killing his roommates four emotional support ferrets with a BB gun. While misdemeanors are generally sentenced to a year or less, that would bring the sentence up to a felony level sentence. Here is the Minnesota provision 609.15
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 10, 2021
There is an interesting criminal case out of the Minnesota that highlights both criminal and tort doctrines on the defense of self and defense of property. Minnesota has a Castle Doctrine law. Landis Rachel Hill, 31, and her boyfriend, Christopher Dwayne Grayson, were arrested after Hill ran over a man who allegedly robbed them.
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