Criminal Defense Blog
Posted on Feb 15, 2012 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in late January that police attachments of GPS-tracking devices to automobiles are considered searches under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution in the ...
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Posted on Feb 14, 2012 By St. Paul Criminal Lawyer
The Dakota County attorney's office recently released a report detailing the number and type of charges that were filed for 2011. The report showed that the number of adults charged by Dakota ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2012 By Minnesota Criminal Lawyer
A felony conviction for violation of a harassment restraining order (HRO) has to be based on conduct that was intentional. The Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a jury's finding ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2012 By St. Paul Criminal Lawyer
Nobody wants to see their money go to waste, particularly in a tough economy. If you have been arrested for DWI , you may be asking yourself if it worth spending the money to hire an attorney? Even if ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2012 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
On Monday, the US Supreme Court decided a case that reinforced the importance of the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution. The Court ruled that the police must have a search warrant to use a GPS ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2012 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
Earlier this month South Dakota law enforcement officials arrested a man for possession of nearly 980 pounds of marijuana . The man has been charged with Felony Possession of Marijuana , Felony ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2012 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
Earlier last week a woman in a western suburb of Minneapolis , Anna Nyenhuis, briefly attempted to evade police with her young daughter in the vehicle. Ms. Nyenhuis has been charged with Felony ...
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Posted on Jan 8, 2012 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
Recently, north of Minneapolis, Mr. Steven Johnson was charged with 3rd Degree DWI and 5th Degree Drug Possession in connection with a motor vehicle accident . According to reports, Mr. Johnson had ...
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Posted on Dec 31, 2011 By St. Paul Criminal Lawyer
Early yesterday morning a player for the Minnesota Vikings, Benny Sapp, was cited for Misdemeanor 5th Degree Assault and Careless Driving in Minneapolis. Mr. Sapp allegedly was engaged in two ...
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Posted on Dec 29, 2011 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
Be careful this holiday weekend. Roughly 400 Minnesota law enforcement agencies are conducting increased DWI patrols during the month of December. In the first 11 days of this month, with less than ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2011 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
In my last blog post I discussed a recent Minnesota Court of Appeals decision dealing with what police conduct constitutes a stop or seizure . The Court of Appeals in that case did not discuss what ...
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Posted on Dec 18, 2011 By Minnesota Criminal Lawyer
There is hope that the 4th Amendment still has meaning. The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled recently in the matter of the State of Minnesota vs. Michael Anthony Clark that a seizure has not occurred ...
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Posted on Nov 29, 2011 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
Last week, a Minnesota woman with 2 prior DWI convictions was stopped for driving without her headlights on just south of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The officer noticed a strong odor of alcohol . The ...
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Posted on Nov 25, 2011 By Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer
Minneapolis man was recently convicted of possessing a handgun . The defendant had previously been convicted of multiple felonies , including a crime of violence. As such, he no longer had the right ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2011 By St. Paul Criminal Lawyer
Recently, a man was charged and found guilty in a county near Minneapolis, Minnesota of 2 felony counts of Criminal Vehicular Homicide and Injury, along with felony DWI . The felony counts resulted ...
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Posted on Nov 21, 2011 By St. Paul Criminal Defense Lawyer
A Salvation Army bell ringer's backpack was stolen recently while the woman was collecting donations in downtown St. Paul. The contents of the woman's backpack had an approximate value of ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2011 By Minneapolis DWI Attorney
The residents of Minnesota, collectively, have more than one-half million "alcohol related" driving offenses on record. Moreover, one in every eight (1:8) persons in Minnesota with a driving ...
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