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Does a Landlord have Authority to Consent to a Police Search of your Apartment?

It's Saturday night and you are in downtown Minneapolis  with your friends  having a good time. Before leaving your apartment, you smoke some marijuana   and leave behind about 45 grams in a plastic bag  on the kitchen table.  While you are gone, a  pipe bursts in your apartment and water  leaks down through the ceiling of  the apartment below [...]

By | July 22nd, 2017|Drugs, Search Warrants|0 Comments

Wrongful Conviction Compensation in Minnesota

If you have served any prison time based on a wrongful conviction and have been exonerated by the court, you may be eligible for compensation. Eligibility can occur in a situation where a court has reversed or vacated a judgment of conviction based on grounds consistent with innocence and the charges are dismissed by a prosecutor. A person may also [...]

By | May 20th, 2017|Defense, Wrongful Conviction|0 Comments

Drug Conspiracy Law in MN

Who is a potential coconspirator to a drug sale? Any person  who conspired  with another person to commit a drug sale  where one or more of the coconspirators did some overt act in furtherance of the  of the conspiracy. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=609.175. The courts in Minnesota have determined that everything said, written or done by a single coconspirator [...]

By | March 4th, 2017|Defense, Drugs|0 Comments

How to Insure a Low Bail Setting

If a person has been arrested in Minnesota, the goal is to have  bail set  in the lowest  possible amount in order to  expedite release from custody. Why is it so important for a defendant to be released from jail while his  case is pending? The main reason of course is to be able to return to your employment and prevent job loss.  The second reason is to be [...]

By | January 29th, 2017|Arrests, Bail|0 Comments

When Can Police Search a Visitor’s Personal Belongings during a Search Warrant?

The  Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects our homes  against unreasonable searches and seizures by the police. A home may be search with a valid warrant but this will requires  a showing before a judge of probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed and  the home  contains evidence of the crime. Any [...]

By | December 21st, 2016|Defense, Search Warrants|0 Comments