Minnesota First Amendment Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Abdulkarim Farah </h2> </center>
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bribery of a juror in violation of 18 U.S.C. 201, which provides: (a) For the purpose of this section— (1) the term “public official” means Member of Congress, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, either before or after such official has qualified, or an officer or employee or person acting for or on be... More...
$ (03-08-2026 - MN)United States of America v. Jennifer Marie Stately
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with premeditated murder of minor A and B and murder in the course of committing child abuse. On March 15, 2024, Jennifer Marie Stately, 37, attacked and killed two of her young children. The evidence at trial showed that Stately, when alone with the children at their home on Red Lake Nation, assaulted the boys c... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - MN)United States of America v. Don Lemon
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendant charged with conspiracy agains rights of religious freedom at a place or worship and injuring, intimidating and interfering with the exercise of a right of religious worship. 18:241 provides: If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Po... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Jake Long <.h2>
St. Paul, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with damaging a sculpture that said "Prosecute ICE" at the Minnesota State Capitol. Lang claimed he was "exercising my First Amendment right to artistic expression. Jake participated in the January 6, 2021, invasion of the Capitol building in Washington and was pardoned by Trump.... More...
$ (02-08-2026 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Gregory Maurice Oats, Jr.
St. Paul, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first and third-degree sexual assault. Gregory Maurice Oats, Sr. was charged with first- and third-degree criminal sexual conduct, alleging that he sexually penetrated the victim, E.H., on numerous occasions from 2009 to 2011, when she was under the age of sixteen, and from 2011 to 2013 when she was sixteen and ... More...
$ (01-28-2026 - MN)<H2> United States of America v. Raul Gutierrez
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Raul Gutierrez, charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and theft of government property after breaking into an FBI vehicle and stealing a rifle. “Despite the incitement of violence against federal law enforcement by local officials, which resulted here in the theft of a firearm from an FBI vehicle and t... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - MN)<H2> United States of America v. Patrick Carl Timberlake, Jr., a/k/a “King”
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of Distribution of Heroin and Fentanyl. Patrick Carl Timberlake, Jr., a/k/a “King,” age 29, is a drug dealer and a felon who is prohibited from possessing weapons. In 2019 and 2020, Timberlake sold poison—heroin containing deadly fentanyl—to two drug users who took Timberlake’s poison, ... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - MN)<H2> United States of America v. Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. In the Autism fraud scheme, Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, age 27, has been charged by federal information with one count of wire fraud. As set forth in the information, Yussuf and others devised and carried out a scheme to defraud the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention benefit, a... More...
$ (12-28-2025 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Brian Russell Lueck
Ottumwa, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree refusal to submit to blood or breath testing for intoxication.<br> <br> This case concerns the constitutionality of Minn. Stat. § 169A.20, subd. 2(2), the test-refusal statute, as applied to a driver who refuses a chemical test where law enforcement obtained a warrant authorizing only one type of test-eit... More...
$0 (11-12-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan </h1></h1>
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced .<br> <br> Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.<br> <br> "There is ... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan </h1></h1>
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.<br> <br> Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, pleaded guilty today to one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Josep... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - MN)Matthew Locke v. County of Hubbard, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a excessive force civil rights violation.<br> <br> Matthew Locke sued Hubbard County, Sheriff Cory Aukes, and Chief Deputy Sheriff Scott Parks under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Minnesota law, alleging that the officers used excessive force against him during an oil pipeline protest. The district and official immunity ... More...
$0 (09-17-2025 - MN)Mary Kay Thomas v. Marshall Public Schools, et al.
Minneapolis, Minnesota employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued asserting claims under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.<br> <br> Thomas was employed by the District for nearly 30 years, beginning as a<br> teacher and the... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Nicholas Lee Hill
Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct.<br> <br> The incident at issue here occurred at a subsidized senior living apartment building in Minneapolis on May 11, 2020. Hill entered the lobby at around noon and asked a building employee, M.K., for a rent application. M.K. recognized Hill, who had visited the apartme... More...
$0 (07-23-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Scott Wayne Laney </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to 35 Years for Production of Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><... More...
$0 (07-24-2025 - mn)<h1> United States of America v. Isabel Lopez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> St. Paul Woman Charged with Assaulting Law Enforcement Officers During Lake Street Narcotics Search Warrants, Punching an FBI Agent Upon h... More...
$0 (06-10-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Carlin Mellette </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death </h2></center></b></b> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><br> <b><center></i><b> </b> North Dakota Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in... More...
$0 (05-22-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Otis Dair Burks </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal possession of a firearm as a felon, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Coon Rapids Felon Indicted on Drug Trafficking, Firearm Charges</h2></ce... More...
$0 (04-09-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Charly Cruz-Jimenez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Member of Mexican Cartel and Prison Gang Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison in Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cent The United S... More...
$0 (02-12-2025 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Dylan Stephen Gaul
Owatonna, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.<br> <br> 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...
$0 (02-03-2025 - MN)Rebecca A. Niebuhr v. Jacob Sieberg, et al.
Mankato, Minnesota personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful death claim.<br> <br> 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...
$0 (01-13-2025 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Oluwatobi Samson Taiwo
Anoka, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal sexual conduct.<br> <br> 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...
$0 (01-13-2025 - MN)<H2> State of Minnesota v. Dwayne Edward Roach
<h2><br> Shakopee, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with arson.<br> </h2><br> <br> 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...
$0 (12-02-2024 - mn)State of Minnesota v. Rashard Dujuan Ross
<h2><br> Park Rapids, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, etc.<br> </h2><br> 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...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Aidan Bebee Lauseng
<h2><br> Austin, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct.<br> </h2><br> 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...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Bryce Dean Dirk
<h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree unintentional felony murder.<br> </h2><br> <br> In November 2017, a three-year-old child died while under the care of her foster parents, Dirk and his wife. Dirk provided his account of the events that led to the child's death in a statement that he gave to police as part of his plea negot... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MN)In re the Marriage of Michelle Marie Dillavou and Joseph Alex Sirois
<h2><br> Shakopee, Minnesota family law lawyers represented the parties in a child visitation dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> Appellant-mother Michelle Marie Dillavou and respondent-father Joseph Alex Abel Sirois were married in December 2007. They had one minor child born in December 2015, while they were living in Colorado. The child has special needs and certain medical conditions that require int... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MN)County of Hennepin v. Christina Elizabeth VonderHaar
Minneapolis, Minnesota family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a paternity action<br> <br> Mother and father were in a romantic relationship but never married. They have two joint children, twin boys born in October 2014. The children have always lived with mother. The parents have a volatile history punctuated by instances of domestic abuse on both sides.<br> <br> In spring 2020, ... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. William Larry Armstrong
<h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder.<br> </h2><br> <br> William Larry Armstrong assaulted his girlfriend's three-year-old son, K.L., causing the child's death. Armstrong was indicted on charges of first- and second-degree murder. See Minn. Stat. §§ 609.185(a)(6)(c), .19, subd. 2 (2002).<br> <br> In July ... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - MN)Bryan M. Holl v. Moore Lake Correctional Facility
Carlton, Minnesota civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Eight Amendment violation theory.<br> <br> <br> Holl was incarcerated at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Moose Lake (MCF-ML). In December 2022, Holl commenced an action for monetary damages against MCF-ML for violating his Eighth Amendment right to sanitary living conditions by failing to regularly provide him w... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - MN)Randy Hook v. Brenda Hook
<h2><br> Marshall, Minnesota personal injury lawyers represented the parties in a fraud and conversion of firearms.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> In December 2020, respondent Brenda Hook, the surviving wife of Roger Hook, initiated a probate proceeding in Lyon County District Court and was appointed as the personal representative of Roger's[1] estate.<br> <br> In October 2021, in the probate pr... More...
$0 (03-13-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Christopher James Hayes
<h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree intentional murder.<br> </h2><br> <br> Defendant was convicted.<br> <br> <br> Hayes's conviction is based on a shooting death that occurred on September 17, 2010, in Minneapolis. Hayes was a passenger in a car driven by a relative, Michael James Funches Jr. Hayes and Funches picked up Chris... More...
$0 (10-21-2024 - MN)<cente> State of Minnesota v. James Andrew Works
<h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota first-degree criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> In October 2022, respondent State of Minnesota charged appellant James Andrew Works with two counts of criminal sexual conduct in violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.342, subd. 1(d) (2008), and two counts of kidnapping in violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.25, subd.... More...
$0 (09-16-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Jesus Nava Carranza
<h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota felony sexual assault criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> After a court trial, the district court found appellant guilty of first-, second-, and fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct against his niece, who was in kindergarten at the time of the abuse. Appellant challenges the district court's guilty verdicts, arguing that the ev... More...
$0 (09-16-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Hunter Steven Hipp
<h2><br> Foley, Minnesota first-degree arson criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Hunter Hipp pleaded guilty to first-degree arson after intentionally setting fires in the kitchen and living room of his apartment. He notified the district court in writing of his intent to move "for a dispositional and/or durational departure from the presumptive sentence," and... More...
$0 (09-16-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Dennis Lee Heard
<h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota first-degree assault criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> According to the criminal complaint, Minneapolis police officers responded to a shooting at a gas station in June 2022. Upon their arrival on the scene, the officers learned that the shooting had been captured on the gas station's surveillance camera. The surveillance foo... More...
$0 (09-16-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Daniel Lee Haley
<h2><br> Skahopee, Minnesota domestic assault criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> On August 11, 2021, appellant Daniel Lee Haley pleaded guilty to felony domestic assault against the mother of his children (to whom we refer as Jane Doe), successfully moved the district court for a downward dispositional sentencing departure, and was placed on probation for a five-year ... More...
$0 (09-16-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Breanna Rae Enno
<H2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota, first-degree drug possession criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> Breanna Rae Enno is charged with a first-degree drug-possession crime based on evidence that she possessed several hundred fentanyl pills. She moved to suppress the evidence on the ground that a warrant authorizing a search of her home was not supported by probable cause. ... More...
$0 (09-16-2024 - MN)In re the Marriage of: Beth Ostergaard Stillwell v. Harry Alan Stillwell
<h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota family law lawyers represented the parties in a custody and visitation dispute.<br> <h2><br> <br> Harry Alan Stillwell and Beth Ostergaard Stillwell were married in 2004. They have two joint minor children, a daughter and a son. Beth petitioned for dissolution of the marriage approximately 12 years ago, in October 2012. Since then, the parties have had numerous high... More...
$0 (08-19-2024 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Ruben Perez-Robles
<h2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal sexual conduct criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> <h2><br> <br> Ruben Perez-Robles sexually abused Z.F.R., one of his first cousins, beginning when Z.F.R. was between the ages of six to eight years old. The abuse continued over approximately the next 20 years. Perez-Robles is eight years older than Z.F.R.<br> <br> Perez-Robles's... More...
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