A St. Paul rape and robbery defendant was ejected from the courtroom before final arguments, according to the Pioneer Press. The defendant was in Ramsey County District Court for a jury trial facing charges of First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct under Minnesota Statute § 609.342 and First Degree Aggravated Robber under Minnesota Statute § 609.245. [...]
Tags: aggravated robbery, criminal sexual conduct, judge, jury, rape, robbery, st. paulWe had previously blogged about Mahdi Hassan Ali, the alleged gunman in the triple murder the Seward Market on Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis, MN. At that time, the Minnesota supreme court had agreed to hear Ali’s claim that the district (trial) court had incorrectly determined that Ali was over sixteen at the time of the [...]
Tags: 260B.125, 609.185, certification, delinquency, delinquent, extended juvenile jurisdiction, first degree muder, juvenile, juvenile court, Mahdi Hassan Ali, minneapolis, murder, robbery, Seward, Seward Market, supreme courtTrial began today for the murder trial of a St. Louis Park teen, Michael Swanson, in Iowa. According to Fox 9, jury selection wrapped up today and the attorneys presented their opening statements to the jury. Michael Swanson, eighteen years old, is accused of having shot and killed two convenience store clerks. Prosecutors allege that [...]
Tags: assault, insanity defense, mental illness, murder, robbery, trialThe Minneapolis Police Department’s fifth precinct has issued a public safety warning for residents and visitors of Uptown due to an increase in robberies and aggravated assaults. The victims of the recent crimes have been approached from behind between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. Most of the time the suspects have traveled in groups. The [...]
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