Minnesota law allows individuals to expunge their criminal records in certain limited circumstances. There are two types of criminal record expungement in Minnesota: “statutory expungment” and “inherent authority expungement.” Statutory expungement is governed (as the name indicates) by statute (Minn. Stat. Ch. 609A). Inherent authority expungement, on the other hand, is governed by the inherent … Read more
Minnesota law allows individuals to expunge their criminal records in certain limited circumstances. There are two types of criminal record expungement in Minnesota: “statutory expungment” and “inherent authority expungement.” Statutory expungement is governed, as the name indicates, by statute. Inherent authority expungement, on the other hand, is governed by the inherent authority of the court. … Read more
The Minnesota Implied Consent Law The Minnesota Implied Consent Law requires that anyone who “drives, operates, or is in physical control” of a motor vehicle in Minnesota consents to be subject to Minnesota DWI Law and the Implied Consent Law. The Implied Consent Law further requires a person to submit to a chemical test of … Read more
Standard Field Sobriety Tests (SFST) are typically given when an police officer has reasonable articulable suspicion that a driver has violated Minnesota DWI law. The failure of one or more of the SFSTs can be used by an police officer to establish probable cause to make a valid DWI arrest. So what exactly are the … Read more
DWI arrests in Minnesota frequently begin with a traffic stop made by a police officer or state patrol trooper. After the stop there is generally a sequence of actions taken by the officer if they suspect the driver has violated Minnesota DWI law. There are of course, legal and illegal (constitutional and unconstitutional) ways of both … Read more