The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, that the conviction of Sao Yim Jr. would stand. Yim was sentenced in February 2021 to 15 years in state prison.
Sentence handed down in Rochester murder of Iraqi refugee
Sao Yim Jr.
Posted: Feb 8, 2021 4:09 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A Rochester man is sentenced to prison for the killing of an Iraqi refugee.
Sao Yim Jr., 27, was ordered Monday to spend 15 years behind bars for the murder of Ahmed Muafaq Abdulhu Al Naddf, who was found shot to death in the 2800 block of Charles Court NW on March 12, 2018. Yim Pleaded was convicted of 2nd degree murder and possession of a firearm after being convicted of a crime of violence in October 2020.
Yim will get credit for two years, nine months, and 15 days already served.