Being involved in a criminal legal situation can be a daunting experience. Choosing the correct criminal defense attorney is crucial to protecting your rights and ensuring a fair trial. However, with so many alternatives available, selecting the right one might be difficult. In this blog, we will go through how to find the finest criminal [...]
Technology has opened up new ways for unlawful enterprises in the ever-changing environment of crime, and the drug trade is no different. The emergence of cyber drug offenses in the digital era has added a new dimension to the worldwide drug problem, complicating law enforcement and creating public safety concerns. This blog investigates the problem [...]
Being charged with a federal offense may be the most frightening experience, and having the strongest legal representation available to defend the rights is vital. This is where a federal criminal defense attorney may help. They specialize in defending people accused of a federal crime, and their goal is to guarantee that their clients get [...]
I defended a case recently in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota where my client was charged with a felony DWI offense. This was a 42 month prison commit case upon conviction as he had a prior felony DWI conviction from 13 years ago. The case was weak from a defense standpoint. Our best option was to [...]
What is the law in Minnesota regarding marijuana in a motor vehicle? The most important point to remember is that it's a felony for a person to possess more than 42.5 grams of marijuana in a car, on their person or anywhere within their possession or control. If a person is the owner or driver of a motor vehicle [...]
If you are charged with a violation of the Minnesota predatory offender registration law, the consequences of a conviction can be dire. If it's a first time offense, you are facing a mandatory minimum prison commit of not less than a year and a day and not more than five years! If you have a previous [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In Minnesota, the entrapment defense may be used in a criminal case to combat government overreaching and obtain an acquittal. In order to prevail on the defense, a defendant will need to establish by a "fair preponderance of the evidence" that the government induced him to commit the crime. Inducement occurs [...]
