Opinions
OPINIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT
FILED JULY 2, 2025
NOTICE - MEDIA RELEASE TIME IS 10:00 A.M.
A24-0344 State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Ryan Charles Rooney, Appellant.
Hennepin County.
1. The district court did not abuse its discretion when it precluded alternative-perpetrator evidence on the basis that the defendant did not satisfy the foundational requirement to introduce such evidence.
2. The district court did not err when it denied defendant’s motion to suppress his statements to police officers because they were voluntarily made.
Affirmed. Justice Anne K. McKeig.
Concurring, Justice Paul C. Thissen, Justice Karl C. Procaccini.
A24-1757 Milton K. Sanders, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Hennepin County.
1. The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying appellant’s motion to correct a sentence under Minnesota Rule of Criminal Procedure 27.03, subdivision 9, because appellant’s consecutive sentences were authorized by law.
2. Any error in the district court’s failure to pronounce appellant’s criminal history score at sentencing was harmless.
Affirmed. Justice Karl C. Procaccini.
Took no part, Justice Theodora K. Gaïtas.
A24-0245 State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Jason Turner Johnson, Appellant.
Court of Appeals.
The State’s right to appeal a jail credit determination following the revocation of probation and the execution of a stayed sentence arises by necessary implication from the State’s express right to appeal a probation revocation decision under Minnesota Rule of Criminal Procedure 27.04, subdivision 3(4)(a).
Affirmed. Justice Karl C. Procaccini.
Took no part, Justice Theodora K. Gaïtas.
ORDER
A24-0746 In re Petition for Reinstatement of Eric Arthur Forstrom, a Minnesota Attorney,
Registration No. 0387241. (Filed June 30, 2025)
Reinstated. Justice Gordon L. Moore, III.
A24-0746 In re Petition for Reinstatement of Eric Arthur Forstrom, a Minnesota Attorney,
Registration No. 0387241. (Filed June 30, 2025)
Reinstated. Justice Gordon L. Moore, III.