Criminal Defense

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Top 10 Literary Lawyers

Readers love their characters, and few are as diverse a group as the written lawyer. As some of the most diverse characters in the fictional tradition, the barrister can be a source of good or...

| February 22, 2012 | Criminal Defense
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What happens if I plead guilty to a crime in Minnesota?

What happens if I plead guilty to a crime in Minnesota? Guilty or Not Guilty | If you have been charged with a crime, you might already know that you have a few options for...

| February 13, 2012 | Criminal Defense
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Minnesota’s Restrictions On Firearm Possession After Conviction

Firearm Possession After Conviction | Most states, including Minnesota, have laws prohibiting people who have been convicted of certain crimes from possessing firearms.  In many cases where these laws are violated, the violation simply comes...

| January 18, 2012 | Criminal Defense, Firearm Restoration
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Can The Police Put A GPS Tracking Device On My Car In Minnesota?

Can the police put a GPS tracking device on my car? We Americans generally quite like our cars:  we like road trips, Sunday drives, the interstate, and drive-thrus.  So it’s unsurprising that for most people, it...

| November 22, 2011 | Criminal Defense
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Does Rejecting A Great Plea Bargain And Losing At Trial Constitute Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel? (Lafler v. Cooper)

The latest case to go to the Supreme Court is Lafler v. Cooper, an assault case where the prosecution offered 51 months if Mr. Cooper plead guilty.  His lawyer, looked at the facts and told...

| November 9, 2011 | Assault
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Expungement of Criminal Records in Minnesota

Mankato Expungement Lawyer Everyone makes mistakes.  Some of those mistakes are more serious than others.  And some of those mistakes may even result in criminal convictions.  But once you’ve moved past the mistakes, they don’t...

| October 13, 2011 | Criminal Defense, Expungement
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What went right with the Munt murder trial in Mankato? Everything.

Last week, Joel Munt was found sane and sentenced to life without parole (along with a few hundred months in prison for his various other crimes). As a criminal defense lawyer I often tend to be critical...

| October 4, 2011 | Criminal Defense
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DNA Collection From Felons in Minnesota

If you are convicted of a felony in Minnesota, you will be required to have a DNA sample taken.   Minnesota law requires samples from several different groups of people, which can in turn be...

| September 30, 2011 | Criminal Defense, Sex Crimes
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Hey That’s My Stuff! (Traffic Stops in Minnesota)

Traffic Stops in Minnesota What can police search if you get pulled over in Minnesota? You’ve probably seen it a thousand times on TV:  a car gets pulled over, the driver is ordered out, and...

| September 8, 2011 | Criminal Defense
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There’s Nothing “Implied” About the Implied Consent Law & DWI

What Did I Agree To?  Minnesota’s Implied Consent Law & DWI Minnesota is one of many states which have an implied consent law.  If you are ever pulled over by a police officer who suspects...

| August 19, 2011 | DUI/DWI
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