30
Jan

Timing Isn’t Everything: Minnesota Court of Appeals Reaffirms Search-Incident-to-Arrest Principles

Case Law Updates
The recent Tate v. Robinson case serves as a powerful reminder that under the Fourth Amendment, probable cause (not the precise sequence of police actions) is what matters most. In a pretrial appeal, the Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed a district…
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26
Jan

When Anger becomes a Crime: Threats of Violence in Minnesota

Case Law Updates
In State v. Fitch, the Minnesota Court of Appeals reaffirmed a principle that continues to shape threats-of-violence prosecutions in Minnesota: words spoken in anger are not automatically protected speech, and context matters. When words reasonably c…
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