Category: Appeals

Motions For New Trial After A Guilty Verdict ...

May 03, 2017

A person convicted after a trial can make a motion for a new trial under Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure 26.04. On ...

What You Need To Know About Appealing Your Criminal Case ...

April 24, 2017

Were you convicted at a jury or bench trial and thinking about appealing your case? There are a number of things that ca ...

Solicitation And Communication Involving Sexual Conduct Statute Found ...

June 22, 2016

The Minnesota Court of Appeals held that felony communication involving sexual conduct with a minor was unconstitutional ...

Appeal For Foster Leads To A Remand Back To State Court ...

May 24, 2016

Upon appeal, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the prosecutors in Timothy Foster’s murder trial unconstitutio ...

Fair Chance Act Gives Second Chance to Ex-Offenders [infographic] ...

December 27, 2015

Discrimination by potential employers is far too common against ex-offenders who are trying to re-enter the workforce. A ...

Wrongfully convicted 14 year old is exonerated after his death ...

December 22, 2014

George Stinney was wrongfully convicted of murder and was exonerated 70 years after he was executed. He was 14 at the ti ...