Minnesota Appellate Opinions

Published opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, collated from public records. 189 opinions matched; showing 1–50.

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A25-0102 Minn. 2026-05-13 Affirmed James Michael Green v. State of Minnesota
… . Shortly after his arrest, investigators interviewed Green. After waiving his Miranda rights, Green admitted to setting up the drug sale. He also admitted that he had been in the house when Medal- …
A25-0152 Minn. 2026-04-08 Affirmed Cedric Lamont Berry v. State of Minnesota
… aint. The rule requires a district court to inform a defendant of the charges, Miranda rights, the right to communicate with counsel, and the right to a jury trial, and to ensure the defendant has a copy of the complaint. See Minn. R. Cri …
a250764 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-03-09 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Guy Willard Blessing
… ing the defendant of their right to remain silent and have an attorney present. Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 444, 478-79 (1966). 4 containers specifically Miller High Life beer bottles,” a …
A24-1463 Minn. 2026-02-25 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Deshon Israel Bonnell
… ents of Bonnell’s cell phone. 6 Miranda rights for the first time. Bonnell requested an attorney, and the officers did not question him further. Bonnell’s mother, however, allowed the officer …
A23-1905 Minn. 2026-02-04 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Jamie Sara Schmeichel
… n. 1999) (deciding that a suspect was not in custody for purposes of whether a Miranda warning should have been given, even though the district court and the court of appeals bypassed the issue based on the parties’ stipulation that the …
a241100 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-01-20 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Jeremy Louis Burrell
… a second time. This interview was recorded, but police did not give Burrell a Miranda warning. During this interview, Burrell admitted that the jewelry was T.R.’s and stated that he was protecting the jewelry “so it wouldn’t get stolen. …
a250647 Minn. Ct. App. 2025-11-03 Affirmed Edward Lee Jones v. State of Minnesota
… o investigated Jones. The officer testified that he “tried to read [Jones] his Miranda rights” but that Jones “didn’t want to talk to me about everything or give me a fingerprint.” Later the prosecutor asked the detective a question that …
a231760 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-09-30 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Edin Gaspar Cruz Flores AKA Marcelino Rivera Rodriguez
… t court erred by admitting his taped confession to law enforcement because his Miranda waiver was not knowing and intelligent, (2) the district court erred in imposing sentences for multiple counts of first- and second-degree criminal se …
a221579 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-04-01 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Ivan Contreras-Sanchez
… address associated with Device A, officers arrested him. During a post-Miranda interview, Contreras-Sanchez admitted to participating in a fight with M.M. about 20 days before M.M. died. Contreras-Sanchez initially denied any inv …
a230182 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-01-16 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Ali Dayib Warsame
… ifle” and said he would not “go to prison for 60 for the rifle.” During a post-Miranda statement, Warsame acknowledged that he was prohibited from possessing ammunition or firearms due to a prior conviction for a crime of violence. …
A19-0003 Minn. 2019-08-07 Affirmed Onyelobi v. State
… After her arrest, Onyelobi was taken to the police station where she was read a Miranda warning and questioned by police. She admitted to her relationship with Wilson but denied being involved in Fairbanks' death. At some point, the officer …
A17-0518 Minn. 2018-06-13 Affirmed Fox v. State
… of release. 1 On direct appeal, Fox's counsel briefed four arguments: (1) Fox's Miranda rights were violated; (2) his statements to police should have been suppressed; (3) the district court provided an erroneous jury instruction regarding …
A15-1713 Minn. 2017-02-01 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Adam John Lilienthal
… d not commit plain error in admitting evidence of appellant’s post-arrest, pre-Miranda silence during the State’s case-in-chief. 2. Any error by the district court in permitting the State to discuss appellant’s post-arrest, pr …
A16-614 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-01-30 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Terry Lee West
… uing that (1) the district court admitted statements taken in violation of his Miranda rights; (2) the district court admitted involuntary statements; (3) the district court abused its discretion by denying his motion to disqualify the p …
A16-443 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-01-30 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Chad Thomas Karnowski
… rehended the officer’s questions and he knowingly and intelligently waived his Miranda rights. 735 N.W.2d at 341-42. The court held that the totality of the evidence demonstrated that the defendant was disabled in communication under Min …
A16-229 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-01-30 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Erik John Heinonen
… uspect consent to provide a DNA sample does not constitute interrogation under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S. Ct. 1602 (1966), and DNA evidence is not testimonial or communicative in nature, a police officer does not violate a s …
A16-574 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-01-09 Affirmed Denis Alcivar Alvarado-Riera v. State of Minnesota
… of the phrase was left to future administrative and judicial interpretation.” Miranda-Romero v. Lynch, 797 F.3d 524, 525 (8th Cir. 2015) (quotation omitted). Alvarado-Riera argues that Sanchez, relied on by the district court, is …
A15-1134 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-01-09 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Michael Douglas Metsala
… police found a .380-caliber semiautomatic handgun. After being given a Miranda warning, Metsala made a statement to police, during which he admitted that he possessed the .380-caliber handgun recovered from his business. He also …
A15-1923 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-10-11 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Mark William Latimer
… overcharging is meritless. Lastly, appellant’s pro se brief presents a Miranda-based argument relating to appellant’s taped statement following the attack. Appellant raised no objection when this …
A15-1336 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-09-06 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Vincent Walker
… d requested to speak with him regarding an assault. Walker agreed and, after a Miranda warning, gave a recorded statement. The state charged Walker with first-degree murder, which was later amended to attempted-first-degree murder. Evide …
A15-1635 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-08-22 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Robert Jamal Poole
… eved by an officer, Poole was placed in the back seat of a squad car, read his Miranda rights, and interviewed. After running a background check on Poole, the officers discovered that Poole was prohibited from possessing firearms and plac …
A15-1708 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-08-22 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. David Michael Kepner
… nger had also placed methamphetamine in her vagina. After being advised of her Miranda rights, the passenger admitted that she had concealed methamphetamine in her vagina and turned over approximately 17.6 grams of methamphetamine. The s …
A15-1736 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-07-11 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Terry Lee Allford
… he police did not give him 2 a Miranda warning, and that the state had not taken exculpatory evidence into consideration. The state countered that those were not valid reasons for plea withd …
A15-1119 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-07-11 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Malcolm Todey Cooper
… (1) a statement that he made to a police officer before he was advised of his Miranda rights; and (2) testimony that, two weeks before the drive-by-shooting incident, police stopped appellant and another person in the same car that the …
A15-1223 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-06-13 Affirmed Daniel Leith Renville v. State of Minnesota
… le argues that the admission of the officer’s testimony was a violation of his Miranda rights. The postconviction court denied relief on this claim on the ground that it is procedurally barred because Renville did not assert the argument …
A15-1768 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-05-23 Affirmed Jovon Perez Davis v. State of Minnesota
… s that appeared to be controlled substances. After being advised of his Miranda rights, appellant was interviewed and admitted that the marijuana and pills found in the vehicle belonged to him. He told the officers that he had pur …
A15-267 Minn. 2016-05-18 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Maureen Ndidiamaka Onyelobi
… ught to the police station for further questioning. Following the reading of a Miranda warning, Onyelobi admitted to her relationship with Wilson but denied knowing Fairbanks or his 8 sister, …
A15-991 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-05-09 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. David Charles Adams
… epartment, and state bureau of criminal apprehension for purposes of waiver of Miranda rights). In this particular context, we interpret the phrase “the State,” as used in Clarkin, to refer to the governmental entity that is responsible …
A15-1325 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-04-18 Affirmed Excel Manufacturing, Inc. v. Todd Wondrow
… summary judgment. Respondents submitted affidavits from Wondrow, Krueger, and Miranda Muller, a former Excel human resources employee. In his affidavit, Wondrow stated that he and Fisher were personal friends and that “[n]either Bryan Fi …
A15-963 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-04-18 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Mark Anthony Sanders
… ice was not voluntary because the officer failed to properly advise him of his Miranda rights. Third, appellant argues that the identity of the CRI should have been 3 disclosed. Fourth, ap …
A15-303 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-04-04 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Peter Louis John
… rroneously (1) admitted statements that he made to police before he received a Miranda warning, (2) excluded evidence of four reverse-Spreigl incidents involving an alternative perpetrator, and (3) excluded evidence pertaining to a polic …
A15-642 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-04-04 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Robert James Fallin
… one was improperly seized, that statements were taken and used in violation of Miranda, that his car was improperly searched, and that the state failed to disclose exculpatory evidence. All of these arguments should have been presented t …
A15-344 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-03-21 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Kurt Nathan Rud
… d all tests that the doctor requested; (3) the officer then read appellant his Miranda warning, which appellant stated he understood; (4) appellant requested an attorney when asked; (5) appellant was given a phone and contacted an attorn …
A15-391 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-03-07 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Michael Marshall Johnson, a/k/a Michael Tate
… up investigation, interviewing appellant at the hospital after reading him his Miranda rights. The interview was recorded and later played in its entirety for the jury. Appellant told Sergeant McCarty that, while he was on his way to his …
A15-604 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-03-07 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. David Paul Patterson
… officers then presented appellant with the search warrant and obtained a post-Miranda statement from him at approximately 10:30 a.m. Pursuant to the search warrant, the task force seized approximately seven pounds of marijuana. In appel …
A15-826 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-02-29 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Zaki Mohamed Sugule
… orse in any way related back to make his offense less serious. During his post-Miranda interview with police, Sugule denied that he threatened anyone. And, he showed a lack of remorse and an unwillingness to accept responsibility when he …
A15-608 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-02-22 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Antonio Lamonthe White
… ounsel- advised silence is protected to the same extent as silence following a Miranda warning). 4 In Dunkel, the investigating deputy testified that she spoke briefly to the defendant and …
A15-348 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-02-08 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Jodi Lynette Lacy
… use she was subjected to a custodial interrogation without first being given a Miranda warning. “Statements made by a suspect during a ‘custodial interrogation’ are admissible only if the statement was preceded by a Miranda warning.” Stat …
A15-321 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-02-01 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Luis Fernando Escobar-Chilel
… 2 interpreter understood each other. The officer read the Miranda advisory to Escobar- Chilel. Escobar-Chilel indicated that he understood his rights and wanted to talk to the officer. Escobar-Chilel admitted …
A15-152 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-02-01 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Faron Wayne Ruel
… the crime. Ruel argues that use of the recorded phone call violated his Miranda rights and his right to counsel. But he failed to raise this issue in a timely motion to suppress evidence. State v. Pederson–Maxwell, 619 N.W.2d 777, …
A15-1162 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-12-28 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Deon Sinkfield, Jr.
… of a pretrial order suppressing respondent’s confession on the ground that the Miranda warning given omitted any notice that an attorney could be appointed for Sinkfield at no cost to him if he could not afford one and if he so desired. …
A15-469 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-12-21 Affirmed Desiree Nicole Shinholser v. State of Minnesota
… lack eye and bruising on Lemen’s face. Officers advised Lemen of his Miranda rights, and he stated that he understood his rights and agreed to speak with investigators. Lemen then described his altercation with …
A14-2107 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-12-07 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. William Joseph Rurup
… Officer McLain executed the search warrant. Officer McLain read Rurup his Miranda rights and asked him if he would give a statement. Rurup agreed and admitted that there was methamphetamine locked in a safe upstairs. Officer McLain o …
A14-1951 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-11-23 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Jason DeWayne Kirk
… erview concerned “some inappropriate touching that occurred.” Kirk was given a Miranda warning by Luberts, and he indicated that he understood his rights and was willing to speak with the investigators. Guith also informed Kir …
A14-2085 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-11-23 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Vilaysack Sirimanothay
… custodial statement that he gave before police advised him of his rights under Miranda, (3) allowing inadmissible hearsay testimony, and (4) misstating the law in instructing the jury concerning the definition of possession. We affirm. …
A14-1952 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-11-16 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Nathan John Reynolds
… , and then escorted him to the police station for questioning. After receiving Miranda warnings, Reynolds agreed to speak with Investigator Eberlien and admitted to twice having oral sexual contact with O.L.’s vagina. The state …
A15-750 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-11-16 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Terry Gordon Wurtz
… g an attorney. After reading the men the advisories, Officer Beckmann read the Miranda warning to them and asked them to give statements. All three, including appellant, agreed to speak with Officer Beckmann. Appellant then admitted to d …
A14-1911 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-10-05 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Barry Lee Jacobson
… egree conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The officers read Jacobson his Miranda rights. Jacobson told the officers that he understood his rights and would answer their questions. Jacobson did not request an attorney. The int …
A14-1536 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-09-08 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Patrick Lamar Mobley
… ggravated robbery, was brought to the police station. After Mobley was given a Miranda warning and stated that he understood his Miranda rights, he made a statement to police, in which he admitted that the gun belonged to him. Mob …
A14-1399 Minn. 2015-08-26 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Miranda Lynn Jones
… Office of Appellate Courts Miranda Lynn Jones, Respondent. _________________________________ Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota; …