Keeping in line with gun regulations: Minnesota firearm laws Spring turkey hunting is coming up, and the nice early warm weather is making outdoor shooting ranges more enticing than they would be in your average March. If you’re...
Unfortunately, there is another murder in Southern Minnesota, this time in the small town of Blue Earth. It looks like Brian Freeman (his last name is ironic isn’t it, as he won’t be a free...
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...
Minnesota’s Juvenile Courts Most people probably have a general idea that there are separate Minnesota courts for children who are charged with committing a crime. But what exactly do juvenile courts do, and when could...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...