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Deadly fight plea deal in Anoka County brings outrage from victim's family

Joseph Skogen was killed during a fight in Fridley nearly two years ago. The man involved accepted a plea deal to assault charges on Thursday, which outraged Skogen's loved ones.

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Court of Appeals Digest: March 13, 2023

These opinions were released by the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

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Top 2021 Stories - No. 7: Homicide ends lives of 2 local women

Two area women suffered violent deaths in 2021, one at the hands of her husband and the other believed to be the victim of mistaken identity.

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Mohamed Noor's attorneys make case for 41 months as resentencing date nears

Attorneys for Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis Police officer who fatally shot Justine Ruszczyk Damond in 2017, have filed a motion asking for just over three years in prison ahead of his resentencing date next week.

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Mohamed Noor's attorneys make case for 41 months as resentencing date nears

Attorneys for Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis Police officer who fatally shot Justine Ruszczyk Damond in 2017, have filed a motion asking for just over three years in prison ahead of his resentencing date next week.

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Chauvin's sentencing 'enhancements'

Chauvin's sentencing 'enhancements'
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Aggravating Chauvin's sentence

Aggravating Chauvin’s sentence
Having been convicted of second-degree murder at trial for the death of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin is subject to a presumptive sentence of 12 and 1/2 years under the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines. Prosecutors moved for an aggravated sentence in the case based on five so-called
Blakley factors and applicable Minnesota law. Sentencing is scheduled for June 25.
Chauvin chose to submit the required findings of fact to Judge Cahill in place of, or rather than, the jury. The court has just posted Judge Cahill’s findings here. In his findings Judge Cahill adopts four of the five grounds urged by the prosecutors for aggravation of Chauvin’s sentence. He makes each of his four findings beyond a reasonable doubt. He rejects the fifth proposed finding.

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Chauvin trial footnotes (4)

MAY 5
• Yesterday afternoon Chauvin defense attorney Eric Nelson filed a motion for new trial and a related motion for a hearing to interrogate the jury in order to impeach the verdict (a so-called
Schwartz hearing now codified in Rule 26.03, Subd. 20(6) of the Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure). Nelson also asked for additional time to file a memorandum of law in support of the motions “in light of the time that was required for preparation of partial transcripts of the proceedings.” The court has posted the motions here.
• With one or two exceptions Nelson’s new trial motion appears to be pro forma. Two such exceptions are raised by the court’s denial of Chauvin’s motion for a change of venue and the underlying problem of pretrial publicity, issues discussed many times on this site.

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Chauvin trial footnotes (3)

Chauvin trial footnotes (3)
I have posted two previous editions of footnotes to our coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. My purpose here is to provide background on the legal issues in the case for those who seek to understand them. If you are certain that the issues constitute nothing more than a smokescreen for a predetermined outcome, these footnotes are not for you.
I post these footnotes in the form of bullet points and differentiate facts and law from (my) opinion. Previous editions are included below under
May 2 and
April 25. Today I want to add a few footnotes in the same form:

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Chauvin trial footnotes (2)

Chauvin trial footnotes (2)
Last Sunday I posted a few footnotes to our coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. I posted the footnotes in the form of bullet points. Last week’s footnotes are included below under
April 25. Today I want to add footnotes in the same form and keep this going as warranted:
• Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder and two lesser included offenses. Minnesota law (i.e., Minn. Stat. § 609.035) follows a “single behavioral incident” rule precluding additional punishment for the same “conduct.” See, e.g., the Minnesota Supreme Court decision in
• Here all three offenses were inarguably predicated on the same conduct. At least the State does not dispute this point. Accordingly, I believe the rule applies in this case. Chauvin is to be sentenced on the second-degree murder charge, but not on the lesser included offenses.

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