People are often discharged from probation early once they have completed the terms and conditions of their probation. I can't say for Ramsey County, but in many counties you would be transferred to unsupervised probation or discharged early after you have completed your community service and... View More

Arson doesn’t require that you entirely burn down a building. Arson is intentionally setting the building on fire. Whether it burns down or not is immaterial.

The cops aren’t generally going to track down and verify every alleged alibi that a suspect tells them about. I’m not sure... View More

Depending on when the eviction occurred, your present circumstances, and other facts involving the eviction, you may now be eligible for expungement of the eviction. Recent Minnesota legislation has made it far easier to obtain an expungement in eviction cases and has expanded the reasons that... View More

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answered on Nov 4, 2024

Only the owners with title can convey. If that owner wants to draft a new deed which includes another grantee as a remainderman, he can if its contingent. If remaindermen already have a vested interest, then all presently titled parties would have to convey such an interest. Hire a competent MN... View More

This largely depends on two things: whether or not the other parent has court-ordered parenting time, and if so, whether or not the other parent agrees to the move out of state. If the non-moving parent has court ordered parenting time, it is usually required that the parent seeking to move file a... View More

The short answer is that yes, a couple can marry for the purpose of gaining access to the marital privilege in court actions, even if the charges are pending when the marriage happens. But, Marital privilege for evidentiary purposes is actually two separate privileges:

The first is the... View More

The law yields a more nuanced answer. A witness has the right to legal counsel, and can retain an attorney to help assert the witness's rights. Minnesota recognizes a two-part spousal privilege. Minn. Stat. § 595.02, subd. 1(a); State v. Gianakos, 644 N.W.2d 409, 415 (Minn. 2002)... View More

There are certainly formalities with an real property transaction. Once you sell the property to your son-in-law or anyone else you obligation is over. There may be complications if daughter divorces him someday, but that would be between them from a legal standpoint. You may to consult with an... View More

The most important thing one can do if facing a criminal charge, is to get help from a defense attorney. The Minnesota Court's Rules of Evidence contain a "Rule Against Hearsay." Hearsay is an "out of court statement, offered for the truth of the matter asserted." The... View More

Yes, it legal for a landlord to limit the amount of overnight guests you have in a month. Not only does the landlord incur additional costs and expenses when additional people are living there, but at some point he becomes a tenant. His own residence would only be one factor in determining his... View More

That would depend upon things not stated in the question. For example, if the judge's Pretrial Release Order provides for Conditional Release, and one of the conditions is "no use of alcohol or non-prescribed drugs" or similar, then smoking cannabis would violate that condition.... View More

Public Defenders are really on the defendant's side. Loyalty to the client is the first rule of Professional Responsibility. Lawyers are not required to report on clients with a warrant. Rather than focus too much on how an old warrant was executed and cleared by arrest, I'd shift... View More

Yes, public defenders are really on your side. You public defender most certainly DID NOT notify law enforcement that you had a warrant. Who knows why the warrant showed up this time, but I am confident that your public defender didn't have anything to do with it. They aren't going to... View More

It is common for a firm representing a landlord (or other parties in civil litigation) to include multiple attorneys on their court filings. This is even more common in housing court, where often a firm retained by a landlord has not determined which of the attorneys will appear at each hearing.... View More

Police are required to have "reasonable, articulable suspicion of criminal activity" or an observed violation of law to justify a traffic stop. If police are "profiling" in a way that lacks that justification, then the stop could be ruled illegal by a judge. If a defendant... View More

Did not know they were committing a what? Law enforcement needs reasonable articulable suspicion to pull someone over. They would then need probable cause to place that individual under arrest and probable cause to get a warrant to seize their blood or urine. Get an attorney on board to review... View More

In criminal cases, the prosecutor must file a charging document (Complaint, Indictment, etc.) before the applicable Statute of Limitations period expires. The date the defendant learned of the criminal charge is not relevant to a Statute of Limitations issue. There may sometimes be, however,... View More

No, you cannot just show up to court and talk to the judge. There is a process that this would need to go through to modify the DANCO to allow you to go home. Modification would require a formal motion that would be served on the prosecutor and might also require an actual court hearing. Until... View More

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answered on Sep 25, 2024

Yes, it is possible to apply for an H-1B visa or an EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) while having a pending asylum case or Temporary Protected Status (TPS). However, there are important considerations to bear in mind:

1. H-1B Visa:

• Maintaining Status: In order to apply for an... View More

Normally forever. Exception: expungement possibility. But if the defendant instead sets up a court date and gets a prosecutor to agree to an outcome that will eventually avoid a conviction (Continuance for Dismissal, or Stay of Adjudication), then upon successful completion of the period of the... View More