The common law duty of reasonable retreat in self-defense used outside of the home may be eliminated if the Minnesota Defense of Dwelling and Person Act of 2011, passed by the Minnesota house and currently headed to the senate for a vote, is enacted into law. Current Minnesota law authorizes the use of deadly force… Read more »

MN Supreme Court: No correlation between blood and urine alcohol concentration needed for DWI
Yesterday in State v. Tanksley, the Minnesota Supreme Court held that to convict someone for driving while impaired, (DWI), a urine test for alcohol does not need to correlate to blood alcohol concentration. The Court based its decision on the fact that urine testing is one of three approved methods to determine alcohol concentration under… Read more »