In State of Minnesota vs. Theng Yang, an opinion published June 18, 2012, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that police cannot detain someone only on a report that he is carrying a gun when the man is in the front yard of his home. Police were dispatched one afternoon to a residence after a […]
In State of Minnesota vs. Brandon Ryan Smith, Smith appealed his sentence of gross misdemeanor possession of a pistol to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Smith argued that since he was stopped for speeding and not wearing a seatbelt, the officer’s question of whether there was illegal contraband in his vehicle was an expansion of the scope […]
A Ramsey County conviction of two counts of disorderly conduct was overturned by the Minnesota Court of Appeals in State of Minnesota vs. Todd Charles Sharkey, an unpublished opinion filed June 4, 2012. Sharkey was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct after it was alleged that he disturbed a local city council meeting by objecting […]