Man pleads guilty in Rice Lake overdose death
Deshaun Robinson, the second person to admit responsibility in the death of Samuel O Leary, is expected to begin serving a prison term this fall. 5:22 pm, Apr. 19, 2021 ×
Deshaun Clay Robinson
A former Duluth man pleaded guilty Monday to his role in supplying the drugs that killed a Rice Lake resident in 2017.
Deshaun Clay Robinson Jr., 22, entered the plea to an amended count of second-degree manslaughter by culpable negligence in the overdose death of 33-year-old Samuel James O Leary.
Robinson, now of Sacramento, California, entered what is known as a Norgaard plea, acknowledging that there exists sufficient evidence for a jury to find him guilty but maintaining that he has no independent recollection of the events due to his own heroin use at the time.
Duluth woman sentenced to 10 years in Rice Lake man s overdose death
Joanne Smith had three prior drug convictions in Minnesota and later admitted to selling heroin while on pretrial release following her arrest for the death of Samuel O Leary. 5:51 pm, Apr. 12, 2021 ×
Joanne Rose Smith
A Duluth woman was sentenced Monday to more than 10 years in prison for her role in providing a fatal dose of fentanyl to a Rice Lake man in 2017.
Joanne Rose Smith, 47, pleaded guilty in State District Court in February to a third-degree murder charge in the death of 33-year-old Samuel James O Leary.
Under the terms of a plea agreement with the St. Louis County Attorney s Office, Smith was sentenced to a guideline term of 125 months in prison. Judge David Johnson also imposed a concurrent term of 95 months for a second case, in which Smith admitted to selling heroin while the murder charge was pending.
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