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Defendant’s Conviction and Prison Sentence for Carrying Gun in Front Yard Overturned

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Holly Frame

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 […]

Disorderly Conduct Conviction Overturned on Freedom of Speech Finding

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Holly Frame

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disorderly conduct was overturned by the Minnesota Court of Appeals in State of Minnesota vs. Todd Charles Sharkey, an unpublished opinion filed June 4, 2012.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 […]