Minnesota Supreme Court Opinions

Orders on Petitions for Further Review

Granted

1.  State of Minnesota vs. Tommy Eastman – A25-0382

Issues: (1) Since 1980, district courts considering whether to revoke probation have been told that revocation “should be used as a last resort only where treatment has failed.” In 2023, the legislature amended Minn. Stat. § 609.14 to provide that “revocation shall be used as a last resort only where rehabilitation has failed.”  Did the changes have any substantive effect on how courts are to analyze probation violations?  (2) Did the district court err by revoking petitioner’s probation for his first set of technical violations where rehabilitation had not failed?

Granted/Stayed

2.  State of Minnesota vs. Jacquelyn Jeanne Libis – A24-1613

Issue: Are facts introduced by a defense witness at trial inconsistent with the verdict when those facts are consistent with both an inference of guilt and an alternative inference other than guilt?

Stayed Pending Final Disposition in State v. Firkus, A23-0973.

Denied

3.  Brooklyn Center AH I LLLP vs. Dawana L Jackson, John Doe, et al. – A25-2134

4.  In Re the Matter of: Nick Emilio Gherardi vs. Anna Elizabeth Ayres – A25-0591

5.  In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Andrew Stephen Williams – A25-2081

6.  In the Matter of the Unlicensed Debt Collection Activity of PurCo Fleet Services, Inc. – A25-0375

7.  Public Housing Agency of the City of Saint Paul vs. Arrieanna Whitley – A25-0866

8.  Robert E. Villanueva vs. Circle K Stores Inc., et al. – A25-0656

9.  Robert W. Starbeck, individually, and As Trustee of the Arthur C. Starbeck Trust under agreement Dated August 21, 2000 vs. Mary Gibson, et al. – A25-0154

10. State of Minnesota vs. Deanna Sue Konz – A25-0109

11. State of Minnesota vs. Jenna Marie Bourgeois – A24-1805

12. State of Minnesota vs. William Gray Peterson – A24-1912

13. Travis Clay Andersen vs. State of Minnesota – A25-0392

Filed – February 13, 2026

1.   State of Minnesota vs. James Earl Bailey – A24-1317