Perhaps more than anyone else, former sex offenders are between a rock and a hard place. Registering as a sex offender makes life much more difficult […]
During colonial times, the hated British sometimes used writs of assistance, which were basically blank search warrants, to rummage through private property whenever they felt like […]
It is much easier for Ramsey County prosecutors to convict defendants who provided chemical samples. Minnesota has a per se DWI law. Defendants with a BAC […]
Perhaps no other crimes in Minnesota have more severe direct and collateral consequences than criminal sexual conduct charges. Most of these offenses are serious felonies, and […]
Many people believe that a criminal history eventually falls off a permanent record. In some cases, that’s true. Prior DWIs are only relevant to future DWI […]
For many years, this legal area was very unsettled. Finally, in 1990’s Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz, the Supreme Court ended these questions and […]
Willaim Gladstone was wrong, at least with regard to evidence in sex crimes cases. This English statesman once said that justice delayed is justice denied. That […]
The DWI Field Sobriety Tests are an important component of almost all these prosecutions. If the defendant provided a chemical sample, the FSTs generally serve as […]