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Category: Criminal Defense

Oct: 13, 2014

Minnesota gun law: Where you can’t bring a firearm

People in Minnesota who want to own a gun do not need a permit to have it in their home or business, or even when traveling between their home, business, where the gun was purchased or a repair shop. However, carrying the weapon elsewhere does require that the gun owner go through the appropriate steps to acquire a permit.

Oct: 10, 2014

Disorderly Conduct Charge for Viking’s Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson, a Minnesota Vikings player, was arrested for trespassing and disorderly conduct in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Both chargers are misdemeanors. In Minnesota, a misdemeanor charge can mean serving up to 90 days in jail and/or $1,000 fine. This has become a highly publicized case in the news. A criminal attorney in Minneapolis will be able to fight these charges of disorderly conduct and trespassing against Johnson.

Sep: 26, 2014

Prosecutors drop murder charge due to DNA transference

In 2012, a millionaire was robbed, bounded and suffocated. According to the San Jose Mercury News, a homeless man’s DNA was found under the victim’s fingernail, and the man was arrested on a murder charge. However, his attorney was able to prove that not only did the man not commit the crime, but he was never even at the scene.

Sep: 25, 2014

Criminal Defense Lawyer Needed for Rochester DWI Death/Criminal Vehicular Operation

Gerald Mohs killed a nine year old boy when driving under the influence of alcohol in Olmsted County (Rochester, Minnesota). He was charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide and six counts of criminal vehicular operation. He killed a nine year old boy and three other individuals were also injured.

Sep: 22, 2014

National lawmakers introduce the REDEEM Act to reform criminal system

A Minnesota teenager had a record of skipping school. According to the St. Peter Herald, law enforcement caught up with the young man a few months ago at a soccer practice and arrested him in front of his peers and coaches. After violating his probation again, the young man was sentenced to spend three weeks at a correctional facility.

Sep: 20, 2014

More people filming officer arrests on their cellphones

Police in Virginia busted through the home next door to a 17-year-old. According to NBC 12, the teenager pulled out his cellphone and stood on his own porch, videotaping as law enforcement handcuffed suspects in front of his house.

Sep: 16, 2014

Criminal Lawyers in St. Paul say 2 Twelve Year Old girls tried to Kill another 12 year old

Two twelve-year-old girls stabbed their friend 19 times in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The girls lured the victim, also 12, to the forest. The victim crawled to the road and was found by a bicyclist. The bicyclist then called 911. The girls had been working on their plan for months.

Sep: 16, 2014

Should convictions be allowed in cases based on circumstantial evidence?

In 2013, a Minnesota home caught on fire. According to the Morrison County Record, the owner of the home, a 63-year-old man, was arrested and charged with arson. In January, a four-day trial resulted in a 60-month prison sentence, which the man appealed.

Sep: 15, 2014

Child Porn Conviction for Woman Attempting to Frame Husband

Meri Woods was convicted of downloading child pornography ("child Porn") in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. She tried to frame her husband by downloading the photographs of child porn. She downloaded 40 pictures of child porn on the home computer and then turned it into the police.

Sep: 12, 2014

Minnesota teen who planned school shooting may be struggling with a mental illness

In late March, snow melted around two explosive devices on a playground in Waseca, Minnesota. According to KARE 11, a detonated device was found inside a stuffed toy just a few days later. Then in April, a neighbor called law enforcement because a teenager kept going in and out of a storage unit.

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