Minnesota Supreme Court upholds Swift County conviction challenged over evidence gathered without defense counsel present
Defendant argued that photographs taken of scratches on his arm following his first court appearance and without an attorney to represent him denied his right to counsel. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled the photographs did not deny the defendant a fair trial, but two of the justices filed a dissenting opinion. 7:11 pm, Apr. 1, 2021 ×
Raciel Zalva Zaldivar-Proenza
ST. PAUL The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Swift County defendant for criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree.
Two of the chief justices filed a dissenting opinion in the decision released March 31.
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Free speech advocates are striking out in their legal challenges to revenge porn laws.
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously upheld a law that bars displaying intimate images or video of another person, either nude or engaged in sexual acts, without the subject’s consent.
A lower court had thrown out the state’s non-consensual porn law, saying the statute banned constitutionally protected if unsavory content.
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Aircraft Structures Engineering Solution (“ASES”) for work performed by ASES on Black Diamond’s aircraft.
Black Diamond, a company organized under Delaware Law with a principal place of business in Greenwich, Connecticut, offers airplanes for private charter. Spirit performs aircraft maintenance and refurbishment out of Ohio. ASES is an aerospace engineering service company domiciled and located in Illinois.
In 2018, Black Diamond contacted Spirit to perform work on its
Dassault Falcon 7X Jet (“Falcon 7X”). In January, 2019, Black Diamond and Spirit signed a proposal for work to be performed on the Falcon 7X (i.e. installation of a speaker system, WIFI system, USB outlets, and modifications to windows and doors) which included a price estimate for work to be done by subcontractors–namely ASES. The agreement was modified in May, 2019, via email, which stated Spirit would perform a host of upgrades to the Falcon 7X for $91,000 (the “May 2019 Agreement”). Spirit then