Yesterday, the Minnesota Supreme Court held that Minnesota’s Test Refusal Statute was unconstitutional as applied to blood and urine test refusals. In the opinions, State v. Thompson and State v. Trahan, the Court followed the holding and logic of Birchfield v. North...
A Strong Defense Can Make All The Difference

A Strong Defense Can Make All The Difference
Year: 2016
Minnesota’s Drug Sentencing Reform Law in Effect
Minnesota’s new drug sentencing reforms have been in effect since August 1st of this year. The reform was aimed to target and provide a harsh penalty to “king pin” drug dealers, while acknowledging that many charged with a controlled substance crime are non-violent...
Bail: Misuse Leads to Coerced Guilty Pleas
Every person arrested faces the potential that they will have to pay some sort of amount of money in order to gain their freedom during the course of their ciminal case. If a person cannot pay their bail, or cannot come up with the money to pay a bail bondsman to pay...
You Don’t Have to Touch Someone to Commit an Assault
There are TWO DIFFERENT WAYS that the state or a police officer can CHARGE YOU WITH ASSAULT. The FIRST way is conduct that most people would call assault – HITTING OR STRIKING SOMEONE and causing him or her harm. The statute provides that a person is guilty of...