Edgard Francisco Talave Latino was convicted of two felony charges in 2023 for burglary and criminal sexual conduct and misdemeanor domestic assault. He appealed his sentence of 96 months of prison.
A Minnesota board was justified when it rejected a substitute teaching license for a former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in 2016, an appeals court ruled Monday. The Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed the findings of the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, which concluded Jeronimo Yanez did not meet the moral standards required to teach in public schools. The court had sent the case back to the licensing board in 2022 to reconsider its initial rejection of Yanez's teaching license application, which was based on “immoral character or conduct.”
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld a Duluth City Council decision not to require the further environmental review of a proposed hotel, despite neighbors' concerns.
Low income residents from Minneapolis with vouchers who qualify for subsidized housing have gotten a major boost from the Minnesota Court of Appeals. The court ruled last week that the Minneapolis City Council did not violate the Minnesota constitution when it passed an ordinance in 2017 which barred landlords from refusing to accept tenants because they had what are known as Section 8 .
Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Margaret Chutich announced Tuesday that she plans to retire at the end of the court’s 2023-2024 term. Chutich was appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton to the Minnesota Court of Appeals in 2012 and then to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2016. She was elected in 2018. Her last day on the state Supreme Court will be July 31. “I have loved serving the people of Minnesota .