The Minnesota supreme court granted review in State of Minnesota v. Mahdi Hassan Ali on January 18, 2011. Ali was one of two Somali boys accused of robbing the Seward Market on Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis on January 6, 2010 during which three East African men were killed. The case has presented interesting—and important—questions of [...]
Tags: Bennerotte and Associates, conor tobin, constitutional rights, criminal defense attorney mn, criminal defense lawyer mn, minnesota criminal attorneyTo be charged with voluntary manslaughter the perpetrator must have the intent to cause death or serious injury to another person. This, of course, means that it must be proven that person being charged had intentions of harming somebody. A term you may hear thrown around that is similar to this, is pre-meditated murder. This [...]
Tags: Bennerotte and Associates, constitutional rights, criminal defense attorney mn, criminal defense lawyer mn, Tom BennerotteJesse Ventura filed a lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday. He claims that the full body scans and pat downs violate his 4th Amendment rights against unlawful search and seizures. He claims the pat-downs are humiliating and can be construed as unwanted physical contact. Before the new procedures [...]
Tags: Bennerotte and Associates, conor tobin, constitutional rights, criminal defense attorney mn, criminal defense lawyer mn, Tom BennerotteSelf-defense laws vary from state to state. Most states generally use the reasonable person standard. This means that the law provides people to use a reasonable amount of force against somebody that has unlawfully and physically hurt you. Generally you may only use deadly force in very specific circumstances, for instance, if a lesser degree [...]
Tags: Bennerotte and Associates, conor tobin, constitutional rights, criminal defense attorney mn, criminal defense lawyer mn, john scott, Tom BennerotteYes, you do look like a fool with your pants on the ground, and having an office pull them up does not constitute as a search. I must give credit where credit is due; I did not come up with the title to this post. It was the Minnesota State Bar Association. Picture this, a [...]
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