(Detroit Lakes, Minn.) – New developments are coming to light in the case of a Minnesota state legislator accused of first-degree burglary in Detroit Lakes, Minn. In court documents filed Tuesday in Becker County District Court, Becker County Attorney Brian McDonald said that “suspected controlled substances” in the case against Nicole Mitchell, a 49-year-old Woodbury woman
The evidence presented at the trial left enough doubt for one juror to refuse to convict. That changed after jury instructions that the appeals court faulted as being coercive.