Monthly Archives: September 2010
Waiting for Stras
The Court is busy cycling through the criminal cases that were argued before Justice Stras joined the Court. He has yet to cast a vote — a public one, anyway — in a criminal case. We are frozen in a … Continue reading
RECENT OPINION: STATE V. VANG, September 8, 2010
Consider the improbability — evidence of deliberate, unfeeling killing; a nine-year-old conviction; a postconviction limitations period long since lapsed; an often contentious Minnesota Supreme Court — and a decision, by a vote of six-to-zero, to void Jerry Vang’s conviction and sentence for first degree murder. The rest of the story? … Continue reading
RECENT OPINION, GASSLER V. STATE, September 2, 2010
Greetings. They’re back and so are we. The early days of the new term bring Gassler v. State, a morality tale of sorts, featuring bad scientists, an (as it turns out) even worse defendant and a crummy narrative structure. The holding, you say? Right. Gassler holds that … Continue reading