Minnesota Legislature
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
MINNESOTA COURT RULES
SENTENCING GUIDELINES
8.Severe Violent Offense List
Each of the following is a "severe violent offense" within the meaning of sections 2.B.2.e and 2.G.13. Attempt or conspiracy is included, as is an equivalent felony from a jurisdiction other than Minnesota.
| Statute Number | Offense Title |
| 609.185 | Murder 1st Degree |
| 609.19 | Murder 2nd Degree |
| 609.195(a) | Murder 3rd Degree (Depraved Mind) |
| 609.221 | Assault 1st Degree |
| 609.222, subd. 2 | Assault 2nd Degree (Dangerous Weapon, Substantial Bodily Harm) |
| 609.245, subd. 1 | Aggravated Robbery 1st Degree |
| 609.247, subd. 2 | Carjacking 1st Degree |
| 609.25, subd. 2(2) | Kidnapping (Great Bodily Harm/Not Released in Safe Place/Victim Under 16) |
| 609.2661 | Murder of an Unborn Child 1st Degree |
| 609.2662 | Murder of an Unborn Child 2nd Degree |
| 609.2663 | Murder of an Unborn Child 3rd Degree |
| 609.282, subd. 1 | Labor Trafficking (Death) |
| 609.282, subd. 1a(1) | Labor Trafficking (Minor Victim) |
| 609.282, subd. 1a(3) | Labor Trafficking (Great Bodily Harm) |
| 609.322, subd. 1(a) | Sex Trafficking 1st Degree |
| 609.322, subd. 1(a) with ref. to subd. 1(b) | Aggravated Sex Trafficking 1st Degree |
| 609.322, subd. 1a with ref. to subd. 1(b)(2) or (3) | Aggravated Sex Trafficking 2nd Degree (Bodily Harm/Debt Bondage/Forced Services) |
| 609.342, subd. 1(a)(b)(c)(d)(e) & 1a(a)(b)(c)(d)(i) | Criminal Sexual Conduct 1st Degree |
| 609.343, subd. 1(a)(b)(c)(d)(e) & 1a(a)(b)(c)(d)(i) | Criminal Sexual Conduct 2nd Degree |
| 609.498, subd. 1b | Tampering with Witness, Aggravated 1st Degree |
| 609.561, subd. 1 or 2 | Arson 1st Degree |
| 609.66, subd. 1e(a)(2) & (3) | Drive-By Shooting (Toward a Person or Occupied Motor Vehicle or Building) |