Diversion is an alternative sentencing program that permits qualified candidates to enter the program and, assuming the candidates complete the program, avoid serious criminal convictions and prison.
Some Minnesotans believe that possessing prescription drugs for which they do not have valid prescriptions is legal, but they may be charged with criminal offenses if they obtain or attempt to obtain drugs by fraudulent means, including forging prescriptions.
Lexie Stein of Keller Criminal Defense Attorneys’ client received a stay of adjudication for a disorderly conduct charge that stemmed from a domestic assault incident charge.
When police stop drivers in Minnesota for drunk driving, the Fourth Amendment provides protections for the people who are stopped against unreasonable stops, searches, and seizures.
