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.
Rochester man sentenced for killing immigrant in 2018
Judge Kathy Wallace handed down a 15-year prison sentence to Sao Yim Jr., 27, months after he was found guilty of second-degree murder-without intent. 3:40 pm, Feb. 8, 2021 ×
Sao Yim Jr.
The man who fatally shot a father of two nearly three years ago was sentenced Monday to 15 years in state prison for the murder. This was a senseless act of violence, Judge Kathy Wallace said in handing down her sentence. A wife was stripped of her husband and two children, two very young children, ages 7 and 9, were stripped of having a father for the rest of their lives.
Sentencing in Rochester killing of Iraqi refugee pushed back to 2021
Sao Yim Jr.
Posted: Dec 18, 2020 1:16 PM
Updated: Dec 18, 2020 1:17 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The final act in a 2018 murder case has been pushed back to early 2021.
Sao Yim Jr., 27 of Rochester, was scheduled to be sentenced Friday for the fatal shooting of Ahmed Muafaq Abdulhu Al Naddf. That has now been rescheduled for February 8, 2021, in Olmsted County District Court.
Al Haddf, a refugee from Iraq, was found shot to death on March 12, 2018, in the 2800 block of Charles Court NW in Rochester. Yim pleaded not guilty to 2nd degree murder and possession of a firearm after being convicted of a crime of violence. He was found guilty in October 2020.