Rochester man sentenced to 71 months in prison for bar assault
James Lee Halverson was convicted by an Olmsted County District Court jury of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and third-degree assault-substantial bodily harm. 4:43 pm, Apr. 30, 2021 ×
The Rochester man who hit another man in the face with a glass at a downtown bar in May 2019 was sentenced on Friday to prison.
James Lee Halverson, 38, was found guilty in March by an Olmsted County District Court jury of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and third-degree assault-substantial bodily harm. Because the charges stem from the same event, Halverson was not sentenced on the third-degree assault charge. The jury acquitted Halverson of first-degree assault.
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As is the case for most sentences in Minnesota, Abdullahi will serve 2/3 of his sentence in prison and the remaining 1/3 on supervised release, assuming there are no disciplinary offenses while he is in prison. There remains slightly less than 10 months left on his in-prison sentence.
Abdullahi had originally been charged with four felonies in connection to the Aug. 7, 2019, shooting at the Meadow Park Apartments complex, 1430 Fourth Ave. SE, that left a 25-year-old man a quadriplegic in need of round-the-clock medical care.
Assistant Olmsted County Attorney Joseph Rosholt noted that the victim objected to the plea deal in this case.
Offering an explanation for the sentence, Rosholt said there were concerns about the ability to introduce the victim s testimony at trial as there were extensive legal arguments about whether a deposition taken remotely would be allowed as evidence. Rosholt also noted that all evidence indicated that codefendant Iman Iman was the shooter and that the