SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
David Lee Lasse v. 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe
The Minnesota Supreme Court rules that the “innocent owner defense” in Minn.Stat. § 169A.63, subd. 7(d) (2008), does not apply in a case of joint ownership of a vehicle if one of the joint owners is also the offender causing forfeiture of the [...]

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Court of Appeals of Minnesota.
STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Jah D. CULP, Appellant.
(UNPUBLISHED OPINION)
 Appellant challenges the scope and duration of an investigatory stop asserting that the stop was impermissibly extended.  Appellant was a passenger in a vehicle that was parked in a private business parking lot at 5:00a.m.  The officer’s suspicion was aroused because the [...]

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In an unusual 4-3 ruling, the Minnesota Supreme Court today upheld the test-refusal conviction of a motorist who attempted to take the breath test 19 times, even after she had agreed to take a blood test. This is yet another example of the trashing of the constitution by our courts when it comes to DWI [...]

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