by sitewild | Apr 6, 2015 | County: Hennepin, Crim Pro: Appeals
Here is a nice update for the rights of the people. We have a situation where an agreement was reached, one that didn’t include the mandatory minimum conditional release. The Defendant had the conditional release imposed on a modified...
by sitewild | Jan 12, 2015 | County: Hennepin, DUI: Breath Test, DUI/DWI
It was worth a try, I don’t know any attorney that expected it to succeed, but it was worth trying. The courts announced that you can’t dig up old cases that would be unconstitutional now and challenge them. A14-1296 – Shawn Michael...
by sitewild | Sep 15, 2014 | County: Beltrami, County: Hennepin, County: Rice, Crim Pro: Appeals
A14-1077 Ricky James Bedell, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections, Respondent. Rice County District Court, Hon. Judge Christine Long. A prison inmate’s Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination is violated when he...
by sitewild | Jun 30, 2014 | Case Blog, County: Hennepin, DUI/DWI
Not a big surprise on this one, but Judge Alton tried to do what’s right in this case, and got shot down by the Court of Appeals. (At least I consider it the right move, even if it wasn’t supported by procedure). – Long and short of it,...