While many Minnesota residents likely think they know what a criminal trial involves due to scenes from movies or television, a lot more goes into these cases than typically shown in fictional settings. If you currently face criminal charges and a trial to address the...

 In a criminal case, sometimes motions are filed. When a motion is filed, a judge has one of two options to tell the lawyers what to do after we argue it. Once a lawyer files a motion, for example, let’s say it’s to try to get the case thrown out for an illegal...

It’s important to understand how the bail process works both in state court and in federal court. They are very different. This will certainly apply in Minnesota, but many other states are the same way in terms of this bail talk. Just to be sure, you should check with...

Can the police really lie about smelling marijuana? Let’s dig into a personal case I have witnessed where that happened, and law enforcement because of lying about the odor of marijuana, decided to do a vehicle search. During the search, they found a gun that the...

When you go through a storm, there are a couple of different ways you can do it. Now, we can imagine throwing a stick out here, right, and letting it bob in the waves. But eventually, the storm’s strong enough where it’s going to blow it over to shore here. If...

Is it really a thing to be falsely accused of such a horrible crime? Unfortunately, yes. In fact, I am going to go into detail about a real case. The theory in the case was that law enforcement told some very important lies, and we exposed those to the jury. Even...

“Police want to search my phone, should I consent?” That’s a question that I get on calls where somebody’s been arrested and maybe they’ve been released from jail, and the police are holding their phone. They want to know, “Hey, police called me up or they came to see...