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MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT

The decision comes more than a year after the American Civil Liberties Union argued the case in the hopes of restoring voting rights to more than 50,000 felons on probation in the state.
Willmar attorney Gregory Ron Anderson agreed to voluntary disbarment as part of his sentence for fraud in the bankruptcy proceedings of his client, the former mayor of Kerkhoven.
Minnesota’s high court ruled this week that the defendant, who was 15 when a Twin Cities lawyer was shot and killed during a carjacking, will be tried as an adult. He faces nearly 30 years.
Ballots in Murray County advertised incorrect district numbers for candidates to the Minnesota Legislature, marking the third county impacted by erroneous ballots this election cycle.

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Current guidelines make it rare for media to bring recording equipment into courtrooms. Representatives from media organizations and other groups presented their cases before the high court justices after a court panel presented a report recommending the state not drastically expand camera access.
With the Minnesota Supreme Court declining to review a lower court opinion, the ruling of state courts that Algene Vossen is not competent to go to trial will stand. Vossen is charged with murder in the 1974 stabbing death of Mabel "Mae" Herman in Willmar.
The court ruled victims' records are protected under state law, even in criminal cases where a judge can review records privately to determine if they are relevant to a case.
The petition asked the state’s highest court to reconsider an earlier ruling by the Minnesota Court of Appeals, which found the Ramsey County District Court did not abuse its discretion in issuing a temporary injunction and contempt of court order against Stacy Stranne for operating the Lake Shore coffee shop without a license.
The Minnesota Supreme Court last week ruled that a man, who stayed at a woman’s house after a first date and took video of her without clothes on while she slept, had not broken privacy law as he was inside the woman’s home.
The high court on Wednesday, April 27, ruled that a man who'd previously entered a guilty plea should be able to withdraw that plea since his action didn't fit under the narrow conduct prohibited in law.

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