Minnesota Forcible Entry Law

<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...

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<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...

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State of Minnesota v. Christopher James Hayes

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant would was wrongfully convicted. A jury found appellant Christopher James Hayes, age 16, guilty of first-degree felony murder while committing a drive-by shooting and second-degree intentional murder. The district court convicted Hayes of first-degree felony murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment with the possibil... More...

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Tiffany Elsenpeter v. Social Security Administration

Minneapolis, Minnesota social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for Social Security: SSID Tit. XVI by HHS. SSA's Sequential Evaluation Process for Assessing Disability By Tom Johns Branch Chief, Disability Quality Branch Office of Quality Performance, Dallas Step 1: Is the indiv... More...

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Kiewel v. United States

St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant who was held in contempt for refusing to answer questions propounded to him by a grand jury, The Court's order permitted Kiewel to purge himself of contempt by appearing before the grand jury on September 19, 1952. He appeared before that body on that day and presented to the jury a statement theretofore prepared by h... More...

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United States of America v. Matthew Scott White

St. Paul, Minnesota arson charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant. On May 28,2020 Matthew Scott White, 31, entered the Enterprise Rent-A-Car building located in St. Paul, Minnesota and started a fire in the back office that completely destroyed the building. White fueled the fire by throwing papers and other flammable items onto the flames. As White exited the building, he to... More...

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United States of America v. Andrew Albert Comeaux

Minneapolis, Minnesota felony firearm possession criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Andrew Albert Comeaux, age 38, who was charged with once count of felony in possession of a firearm. According to COMEAUX's guilty plea and documents filed with the court, on June 15, 2020, multiple law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant at COMEAUX's residence. During the search, la... More...

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United States of America v. Terry Lynn Christensen, Todd Allen Hughes and Jessica Marie Prince

Minneapolis, Minnesota telemarketing fraud charge criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with telemarketing fraud scheme. TERRY LYNN CHRISTENSEN, 73, TODD ALLEN HUGHES, 47, and JESSICA MARIE PRINCE, 40, were charged with roles in a $300 million telemarketing fraud scheme. According to his guilty plea and documents filed with the court, CHRISTENSEN worked as a ca... More...

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United States of America v. Norris Deshon Andrews

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Melanie Davis v. Morris-Walker, Ltd.; Orchard Park, LLC

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"> </center> Melanie Davis sued the owner of a restaurant and the owner of real property where the restaurant is located, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. Davis uses a wheelchair and claims that deficiencies in the r... More...

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United States of America v. Brian Arthur Barthman

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/Courthouses/images/Mpls-02.jpg"> </center> Brian Barthman pled guilty to one count of possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B), (b)(2). In the sentencing analysis, Barthman was assigned a total of six criminal-history points due to prior convictions in Minne... More...

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Bradley R. Hartke v. WIPT, Inc.

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Independent School District No. 720 v. C.L. by and through his parents and legal guardians, B.L. and E.L. <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28536&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Morelaw Internet Marketing for Legal Professionals</a> Helping People Find You On The Internet 888-354-4529

Minneapolis, MN - Independent School District No. 720 sued C.L. by and through his parents and legal guardians, B.L. and E.L. on a civil rights Individuals with Disabilities Education Act question theory. 04/16/2018 5 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION STAYING ENFORCEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION - Expedited Handling Requested filed by Independent School ... More...

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Tramayne Colfred Williams vs. State of Minnesota <table> <td>

Williams challenges the sentences he received in two criminal cases, one in Otter Tail County and one in Hennepin County. In Otter Tail County, Williams was charged with first-degree aggravated robbery, Minn. Stat. § 609.245, subd. (2016). He agreed to plead guilty to that charge on the condition that, assuming his criminal-history score was five, he would be sentenced to 84... More...

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Kemen Lavatos Taylor, II. vs. State of Minnesota <table> <td>

Following a jury trial, Taylor was convicted of one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder in connection with the shooting of three teenage gang members. After several days of jury selection, the district court announced a list of rules for those attending the trial; those rules required spectators to provide photographic identif... More...

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Jetaun Helen Wheeler vs. State of Minnesota <table> <td>

The State of Minnesota charged Wheeler with second-degree intentional murder in August 2013. Because Wheeler had zero criminal history points, the charge carried a presumptive duration of 306 months in prison, with a range of 261 to 367 months. See Minn. Sent. Guidelines 4.A. Shortly after Wheeler was charged, defense counsel sought a plea to manslaughter, but the State did ... More...

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State of Minnesota vs. Matthew Vaughn Diamond <table> <td>

A homeowner in Chaska returned home to find that someone had kicked open her attached garage’s side-entry door, entered her home, and taken jewelry, electronics, and a safe. When police officers arrived to investigate the burglary, they discovered two key pieces of evidence: shoe tread prints on the side-entry door, and, on the driveway, an envelope with the name “S.W.”... More...

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The Ninetieth Minnesota State Senate, et al. vs. Mark B. Dayton, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Minnesota <table> <td>

On May 25, 2017, the Ninetieth Minnesota State Senate and the Ninetieth Minnesota State House of Representatives (collectively, the Legislature) each adjourned sine die, ending the special session that began on May 23, 2017. On May 30, 2017, the Governor vetoed line-item appropriations to the Legislature for its biennial budget. The Legislature commenced this action, contendi... More...

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Telescope Media Group, Angel Larsen and Carl Larsen v. Kevin Lindsey and Attorney General Lori Swanson

Minneapolis, MN - Telescope Media Group, Angel Larsen and Carl Larsen sued Kevin Lindsey, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and Minnesota's Attorney General, Lori Swanson, on a civil rights violation theory claiming that Minnesota's Human Rights Act wrongfully prohibited them from refusing to provide videographer services for a same sex wedding. They claimed that Telescope M... More...

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Jennifer Heglund v. City of Grand Rapids

Jennifer Heglund and her husband Jamie Heglund sued numerous Minnesota cities and counties, state officials, and hundreds of John and Jane Does, alleging that police officers had improperly accessed their private information in the State’s driver’s license database. The Heglunds later amended their complaint to replace one of the John Does with Frank Scherf, the former Grand Ra... More...

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United States of America v. Antonio Mata

Antonio Mata pled guilty to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(viii), and being an armed career criminal in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(e)(1). In his plea agreement, Mata stipulated to three previous convictions: (1) first-degree possession with intent to deliver a contro... More...

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Ryan Larson v. City of Sauk Rapids Tom Roy

Foley, MN - Jury Returns Defendants' Verdict in Defamation Case Ryan Larson sued City of Sauk Rapids Tom Roy on defamation and respondeat superior theories claiming that he was defamed as a result of having been arrested for the fatal shooting of Cold Spring Officer Tom Decker, which he did not commit. Plaintiff was held for four days before being released Court Docket E... More...

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State of Minnesota vs. Josue Robles Fraga, <table> <td>

This case arises from the death of S.R., who, with her brother, lived with Fraga, his wife, and their four children in a mobile home in Worthington. The six children, including 2-year-old S.R., shared a bedroom. On the evening before S.R.’s death, Fraga was home with the six children while his wife was at work. Fraga picked his wife up from work around 2:30 a.m., and the t... More...

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State of Minnesota vs. Mahdi Hassan Ali <table> <td>

Appellant Mahdi Hassan Ali (“Mahdi”)1 shot and killed three men during a robbery of the Seward Market when he was 16 years old.2 Following a jury trial, he was convicted of three counts of murder that we affirmed on appeal. State v. Ali, 855 N.W.2d 235, 240 (Minn. 2014). He now challenges the district court’s imposition of three consecutive sentences of life imprisonme... More...

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State of Minnesota vs. Leona Rose deLottinville

This case presents the question of whether police, having obtained an arrest warrant, are required by the United States Constitution or the Minnesota Constitution to obtain a search warrant to enter a third party’s home to arrest the subject of the arrest warrant. Because we conclude that a search warrant is not required, we affirm. In 2015, appellant Leona Rose deLottinvill... More...

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Junious Taylor, Jr. vs. State of Minnesota

On October 6, 2013, Taylor’s then-girlfriend S.P. reported to the police that, while Taylor was intoxicated, he wrestled her to the ground, threw her phone, kicked her in the abdomen several times, grabbed her from behind, and pinched her face. The State charged Taylor with felony domestic assault under Minn. Stat. § 609.2242, subd. 4 (2014). Taylor pleaded guilty to the ... More...

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Lane Francis Weitzel vs. State of Minnesota

Weitzel was obligated to register as a predatory offender due to a 1992 conviction for second-degree criminal sexual conduct. In September 2006, the State charged Weitzel with failure to register, in violation of Minn. Stat. § 243.166, subd. 5(a). The complaint alleged that around May 24, 2006, Weitzel knowingly violated the statute by failing to notify the Bureau of Crimina... More...

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State of Minnesota vs. Shavelle Oscar Chavez-Nelson

At approximately 11:30 p.m. on September 21, 2013, Jobi went to Nina’s Bar and Grill in Burnsville with two of his cousins, W.T. and M.T.; a friend, O.C.; and O.C.’s uncle. Shortly before 1:00 a.m. on September 22, 2013, Chavez-Nelson arrived at Nina’s with his girlfriend, A.C., and another woman. Chavez-Nelson and the two women arrived in A.C.’s white Ford Fusion. ... More...

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Willie Edd Reynolds vs. State of Minnesota

In August 2008 Willie Reynolds was charged with failure to register as a predatory offender in violation of Minnesota Statutes section 243.166, subdivision 5(a) (2006). Reynolds pleaded guilty. The district court applied a downward durational departure based on Reynolds’s willingness to take responsibility for his actions and sentenced him to a year and one day in prison. But... More...

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Jason Lee Bolstad vs. State of Minnesota

In 2003, a Kanabec County jury found appellant Jason Bolstad guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the killing of Bolstad’s father, Gary Bolstad. Following the jury’s verdict, the district court sentenced Bolstad to life imprisonment without the possibility of release on the charge of first-degree premeditated... More...

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State of Minnesota vs. Byron David Smith

Byron David Smith was convicted of two counts of first-degree premeditated murder related to the shooting deaths of two people. On direct appeal, Smith argues that the district court committed four types of error. The State, in turn, argues that the district court committed error in determining the appropriate restitution for the victims’ families. We affirm the conviction... More...

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Craig Matthew Hohenwald vs. State of Minnesota

In 2010, following a bench trial, the district court found Craig Matthew Hohenwald guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder for the stabbing deaths of Larry and Lois Steenerson. The district court convicted Hohenwald on two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced Hohenwald to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility ... More...

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Amanda Jean Lunzer vs. State of Minnesota

In December 2007, appellant pleaded guilty to fifth-degree controlled-substance crime pursuant to a plea agreement pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 152.18, subd. 1, which functions as a stay of adjudication. The district court found that there was a sufficient factual basis for the plea, did not formally accept it, and stayed adjudication. In October 2010, the district court dischar... More...

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Thomas Daniel Rhodes vs. State of Minnesota

On July 29, 1998, appellant Thomas Daniel Rhodes was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, Minn. Stat. § 609.185(a)(1) (2014), and sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment, Minn. Stat. § 609.185(a); see also Minn. Stat. § 244.05, subd. 4 (1996). This is our fourth review of this case. See Rhodes v. State (Rhodes III), 735 N.W.2d 315 (Minn. 2007); State v. Rhodes (... More...

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State of Minnesota vs. Joshua Lee Myhre

On September 29, 2012, Deputy Bill Hargrove of the Houston County Sherriff’s Office pulled over a vehicle after he observed the vehicle traveling the wrong way on a divided highway. Deputy Hargrove identified the driver of the vehicle as Appellant Joshua Lee Myhre. During the ensuing traffic stop, Myhre failed two sobriety tests. Myhre also provided a “very weak” breat... More...

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United States of America v. Stu Voigt

Minneapolis, MN - Former Minnesota Vikings Tight End Found Guilty of Bank Fraud The United States of America charged Stu Voigt with: Count: 1-4 Citation: 18:1341.F Offense Level: 4 18:1341 and 2 AIDED AND ABETTED MAIL FRAUD Count: 24-28 Citation: 18:1344A.F Offense Level: 4 18:1344 AND 2 AIDED AND ABETTED BANK FRAUD Count: 29-33 Citation: 1... More...

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Robert Marlyn Taylor vs. State of Minnesota

Taylor was charged with three counts of homicide for the death of John Turner, a dealer of antiques from his home in south Minneapolis. Turner also owned the house next door, which he rented to Taylor’s family. When Turner’s wife and daughter arrived at his home on Christmas Day in 1999, they discovered Turner’s body on the floor in a pool of blood. Nearly every bone i... More...

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State of Minnesota vs. Carl Raba

On November 13, 2013, Investigator Tony Cyr of the Cass County Sheriff’s Office received a report that a woman with an outstanding felony drug warrant was staying on property in Wilderness Park that was T.S.’s residence. Investigator Cyr dispatched Sergeant Jason Brogle and Deputy Charles Ratz to the location. The two officers arrived at the property in separate vehicles ... More...

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State of Minnesota vs. Richard Ellis Hill

This case presents the question of whether we should adopt a rebuttable presumption of contamination for controlled substances that the St. Paul Police Crime Lab (“Crime Lab”) handled and that the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (“BCA”) later tested. The State charged appellant Richard Ellis Hill with aiding and abetting first-degree sale of a mixture of a co... More...

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Commerce Bank vs. West Bend Mutual Insurance Company

In February 2011, Commerce Bank was added to an insurance policy issued by West Bend to 12345 Portland Buildings, LLC (the “owner” or “policyholder”) for the building at 12345 Portland Avenue in Burnsville. The policy insured the property against, among other things, property damage caused by vandalism. The policy contains two clauses that are at the center of this d... More...

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