Minnesota Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
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United States of America v. Lance Wayne Anderson
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Duluth, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
Nashua Man Indicted in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
– Lance Wayne Anderson, a Minnesota man, has been charged with conspiracy... More...
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(03-31-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Jerami Cody Leno
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Bemidji, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Minnesota Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy
North Dakota Felon Charged with Minnesota Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy
Jerami Cody Leno, a No... More...
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(04-01-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Patrick Burton Strong
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Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Fentanyl, Illegal Possession of a Machinegun
Bemidji Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl, Illegal Possession of a Machinegun ... More...
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(04-01-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Craig James Myran
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Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Advertising, Distributing Images of Child Sexual Abuse Over the Dark Web
Bemidji Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Advertising, Distributing Images of Child Sexual Abuse Over the Dark WebMore...
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(04-01-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Michael Bruce Gillis
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Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Coercion, Enticement of a Minor and Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material
Eden Prairie Man Charged With Coercion, Enticement of a Minor and Production of Child Sexual Abuse MaterialMore...
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(03-21-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Lucas Matthew Kramer
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Duluth, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Child Pornography
Duluth Climbing Coach Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography
Lucas Matthew Kramer, a Du... More...
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(03-21-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Richar Sanchez Mujica, et al
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Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to kidnap, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
11 Charged in Twin Cities Drug Trafficking, Kidnapping Conspirac... More...
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(03-21-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Diaunte Jevon Shields
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Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Narcotics Trafficking
Duluth Felon Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Narcotics Trafficking Case
On February 19, 2024, law enforcement executed a search... More...
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(03-14-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Diaunte Jevon Shields
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Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine
Duluth Felon Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Narcotics Trafficking Case
On February 19, 2024, law enfor... More...
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(03-14-2025 - MN)
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In the Matter of the Welfare of the Children of: J. I. G. and O. C., C. D. C., A. R. G., R. M. K., Parents.
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Owatonna, Minnesota, a family law lawyer, represented the parents in a parental termination action.
On the day before Halloween in 2023, a gas-station and convenience-store employee in Steele County reported to law enforcement that two young children-eight and six years old-had come into the store twice that morning without warm clothes or a caregiver. Responding officers returned the c... More...
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(03-10-2025 - MN)
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State of Minnesota v. Marian Shaw Moore
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Aitkin, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trespass.
More than 100 individuals gathered to pray and conduct ceremonies on January 9, 2021, at two construction sites for a pipeline being assembled in Aitkin County. Enbridge Inc., which owned the project, devised the pipeline's route traversing northern Minnesota and named this part of the pipeline "Lin... More...
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(03-10-2025 - MN)
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State of Minnesota v. Benjamin Gerald Litke
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Atoka, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct for sexually abusing his five-year-old niece.
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Legal issue Can a district court deny a motion for a downward dispositional departure without explicitly articulating its consideration of the factors supporting the departure?
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(03-03-2025 - MN)
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State of Minnesota v. Nicholas Norton Engel
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Thief River Falls, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle.
Nicholas Norton Engel argued that his conviction should be reversed because (1) evidence of his flight should have been suppressed because the police officer lacked reasonable, articulable suspicion to stop his vehicle; (2) the evidence was insuffi... More...
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(03-03-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Carvon Antonio Saine
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Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Carjacking
Saint Paul Man and Mounds View Woman Sentenced to Prison for Armed Carjacking in Minneapolis
On October 6, 2023, Carvon Antonio Sain... More...
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(02-20-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Andrew Shenkosky
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Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
Michigan Man Indicted on Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Charges
A Michigan man has been indicted on... More...
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(02-20-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Johnathan Eric Thompson, a.k.a. “Remy”
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Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring with others to obtain and distribute large amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl
Duluth Man Sentenced to Over 17 Years in Prison in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Case ... More...
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(02-20-2025 - MN)
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State of Minnesota v. Juan Diego Medican Cisneros
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Hastings, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape.
Juan Diego Medina Cisneros, age 31, was charged for raping a co-worker in an apartment in 2023.... More...
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(02-14-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Charly Cruz-Jimenez
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Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy
Member of Mexican Cartel and Prison Gang Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison in Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy More...
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(02-12-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. John R. Tunheim
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Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Fentanyl in the Brainerd Lakes Area
Brainerd Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl in the Brainerd Lakes Area
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(02-12-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Steven John Sokel
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Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Sexual Exploitation of Children
Steele County Man Sentenced to Over 17 Years for International Sexual Exploitation of Children
Beginni... More...
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(02-05-2025 - MN)
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State of Minnesota v. Dylan Stephen Gaul
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Owatonna, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.
State of Minnesota charged appellant Dylan Stephen Gaul with fourthdegree criminal sexual conduct based on emails Gaul exchanged with a 14-year-old publicschool student. Gaul filed a motion to suppress the evidence against him. Gaul argued that the emails he sent to t... More...
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(02-03-2025 - MN)
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Craig Stevenson, et al. v. Sean Stevenson, et al.
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Fergus Falls, Minnesota, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on defamation per se, intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), and civil conspiracy theories.
In 2020, appellants Craig and Marie Stevenson brought claims of defamation per se, intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), and civil conspiracy against respondents Sean Stevenson, Renee Stevenson, L... More...
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(02-03-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Johnnie Ward, Jr.
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Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Robbery of a Cell Phone Store
St. Paul Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Armed Robbery of a Cell Phone Store
On April 5, 2024, Johnnie Wa... More...
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(01-29-2025 - MN)
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State of Minnesota v. Justin Daniel Okins
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Redwood Falls, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violation of a domestic-abuse no-contest order.
Justin Okins made Facebook posts directed at his former romantic partner after being served with a domestic-abuse no-contact order prohibiting him from directly or indirectly contacting her electronically. Appealing from his consequent felony co... More...
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(01-21-2025 - MN)
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Rebecca A. Niebuhr v. Jacob Sieberg, et al.
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Mankato, Minnesota personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful death claim.
Following a one-vehicle accident that happened at work and resulted in the death of the vehicle's passenger, that person's next of kin brought a wrongful-death action against the driver and the driver's parents who owned the vehicle. The district court determined that the driver was immune from ... More...
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(01-13-2025 - MN)
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State of Minnesota v. Oluwatobi Samson Taiwo
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Anoka, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal sexual conduct.
In early 2022, appellant Oluwatobi Samson Taiwo, then 19 years old, became acquainted with the 12-year-old victim through friends. Appellant, his four friends, and victim had a group chat on Snapchat. On February 3, 2022, appellant and victim texted each other, victim asked appellant... More...
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(01-13-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Raymond Jung Woo Choi, a.k.a Jason Lee
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Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sextortion and Production of Sexually Explicit Videos of a Minor
Virginia Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Sextortion and Production of Sexually Explicit Videos of a Minor ... More...
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(01-10-2025 - MN)
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Stephen Sawyer, et al. v. Trustees(s) of the Patricia A. Boland Trust Aggrement Dated Jun 4, 2012
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Hastings, Minnesota civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a real property dispute.
The Sawyers and the Boland Trustees dispute ownership of an 8.5' by 117' strip of land on the east side of the Boland Trustees' property and the west side of the Sawyers' property (the Adverse Possession Parcel).
In 1966, the Boland family acquired property on Lake Marion (the Bolan... More...
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(01-06-2025 - MN)
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United States of America v. Gregory Brown, et al.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense laweyrs represented the Defendants charged with federal felonies.
Defendants move for the disclosure of information pursuant to Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), and Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972). (Dkt. Nos. 1288,1291, 1314, 1320, 1331.)
The Court has already ordered the United States to disclose all exculpatory evidenc... More...
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(12-27-2024 - MN)
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State of Minnesota v. Dylan Robert simmons
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Stillwater, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, criminal vehicular homicide and three counts of
Dyan Robert Simmons, age 21, was accused of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon for the July 16, 2023 incident at Lakeside Veterans Memorial Park on July 16, 2024 that resulted in the death of 17-year-ol... More...
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(12-20-2024 - MN)
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State of Minnesota v. Dwayne Edward Roach
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Shakopee, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with arson.
On May 4, 2022, Scott County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a fire occurring at a homestead in Cedar Lake Township.[1] Upon arrival, the deputies observed flames and heavy smoke coming from a barn on the property and an unoccupied New Prague Fire Department sport utility veh... More...
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(12-02-2024 - mn)
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Lexie Peterson, et al. v. Riverview Healthcare Associations, dba Riverview Health, et al.
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Crookston, Minnesota personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a medical malpractice claim.
Peterson is Ulubiyo's surviving spouse and the mother of his three surviving children. She resides in Polk County, Minnesota. In 2021, Ulubiyo was 38 years old. On August 30, 2021, Ulubiyo went to the emergency department at RiverView Health in Crookston, a Minnesota c... More...
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(12-09-2024 - MN)
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State of Minnesota v. Tolulope Martins Famuyiwa
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Stillwater, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with third-degree criminal conduct.
S On July 1, 2022, the State of Minnesota submitted a complaint charging appellant Tolulope Martins Famuyiwa with one count of "Criminal Sexual Conduct - 3rd Degree - Penetration - Uses coercion," in violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.344, subd. 1(a) (Supp. 2021).... More...
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(12-09-2024 - MN)
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State of Minnesota v. Christopher Nicholas Markgraf
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Litchfield, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a controlled substance.
In the early morning hours of December 14, 2021, a police officer observed Markgraf and another individual rummaging through a pile of tires behind a car dealership. Because numerous thefts and burglaries had recently been reported in that area, t... More...
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(12-09-2024 - MN)
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Debbie Denise v. Joseph Zachary Zoellner
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Windom, Minnesota family law lawyers represented the parties a custody dispute.
Debbie Denise Koch and Joseph Zachary Zoellner have two joint children. Prior to 2019, the parties shared joint legal and joint physical custody of the children, and father had 43% of parenting time and mother had 57% of parenting time.
On January 8, 2019, child-protection servi... More...
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(12-09-2024 - MN)
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In re the Marriage of: Craig Jerald Mackey v. Beth Ann Mackey
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Grand Rapids, Minnesota family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.
Craig Jerald Mackey and Beth Ann Mackey married in Minnesota in 1987 and had two adult children together. For most of the marriage, Craig was employed as an electrical lineman, while Beth Ann worked a variety of jobs. Craig consistently earned a higher wage than Beth Ann did.
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(12-09-2024 - MN)
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Daley Farm of Lewiston v. County of Winona
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Winona, Minnesota planning and zoning law lawyers represented the Plaintiff.
In 2018, appellants Daley Farm of Lewiston L.L.P., et al., applied for a variance from respondent Winona County. On February 21, 2019, County of Winona's Board of Adjustment (the board) denied the request. Daley Farm appealed the board's decision to the district court and moved for summary j... More...
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(12-09-2024 - MN)
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State of Minnesota v. Jonathan Gerald Carlson
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Stillwater, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.
In April 2017, law enforcement seized, pursuant to a valid search warrant, electronic devices that belonged to appellant Jonathan Gerald Carlson and found child pornography on them. Respondent State of Minnesota charged Carlson with multiple counts of posses... More...
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(12-09-2024 - MN)
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State of Minnesota v. Rashard Dujuan Ross
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Park Rapids, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, etc.
Rashard Dujuan Ross's encounter with law enforcement during the evening of January 20, 2022, are limited to information contained in the complaint. On that evening, law enforcement from the Hubbard County Sheriff's Department initiated... More...
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(12-09-2024 - MN)
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State of Minnesota v. Aidan Bebee Lauseng
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Austin, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
On August 1, 2020, Sergeant Ellis and Deputy Wilson of the Mower County Sheriff's Office responded to Lauseng's residence after receiving a report that Lauseng had sexually abused a relative who lived in the same home and was under 16 years of age. Lauseng ... More...
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(12-09-2024 - MN)
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