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MURDER

1st degree

Appeals

Direct appeal to supreme court, Minn. Statutes 2022 632.14

Postconviction remedy, appeal to supreme court, Minn. Statutes 2022 590.06

Criminal sexual conduct, murder while committing, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.106, 2022 609.185

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.185

Murder of an unborn child, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.2661

1st degree

Acquittals after guilty verdict, appeals, Court Rules Crim 28.04, Crim 29.06

Appeals to Supreme Court

Acquittals, after guilty verdict, Court Rules Crim 28.04, Crim 29.06

Action on appeal, Court Rules Crim 28.02

Applicability of rules, Court Rules Crim 29.01

Briefs, Court Rules Crim 28.02

By defendant, procedure, Court Rules Crim 29.03

In forma pauperis proceedings, Court Rules Crim 28.02

New trials, orders granting, Court Rules Crim 29.06

Notices of appeal, Court Rules Crim 29.01, Crim 29.03

Oral argument, Court Rules Crim 28.02

Orders vacating judgment, Court Rules Crim 29.06

Petitions for review, Court Rules Crim 29.01

Postconviction proceedings, appeals by prosecutor, Court Rules Crim 28.04, Crim 28.05

Release of defendant, Court Rules Crim 28.02

Right of appeal, Court Rules Crim 29.02

Scope of review, Court Rules Crim 28.02

Stay, Court Rules Crim 28.02

Stay of appeal for postconviction proceedings, Court Rules Crim 28.02

Transcripts of proceedings, Court Rules Crim 28.02

Jury selection, Court Rules Crim 26.02

Motions to vacate judgment, Court Rules Crim 29.02

New trials, orders granting, Court Rules Crim 29.02

Orders granting new trials, appeals, Court Rules Crim 28.04, Crim 28.06, Crim 29.06

Vacation of judgment, Court Rules Crim 28.04, Crim 29.06

1st degree

Permissive consecutive sentencing, Court Rules Sent 6

Sentencing

Generally, Court Rules Sent 2.A

Worksheets, Court Rules Sent 2.A.06

Severe violent crime list, Court Rules Sent 8

Severity level grid, Court Rules Sent 2.B

1st degree

Juveniles

District court jurisdiction, Court Rules Juv Del 18.01

Grand jury, presentation to, Court Rules Juv Del 18.02

2d degree, generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.19

2d degree

Permissive consecutive sentencing, Court Rules Sent 6

Sentencing guidelines grid, Sent 4.A

Severe violent crime list, Court Rules Sent 8

3d degree, generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.195

3d degree

Permissive consecutive sentencing, Court Rules Sent 6

Sentencing guidelines grid, Sent 4.A

Severe violent crime list, Court Rules Sent 8

Acquittal, conviction for manslaughter, Minn. Statutes 2022 631.14

Attempted murder, sentencing guidelines grid, Court Rules Sent 2.G

Background check crime, Minn. Statutes 2022 299C.61

Children 16 and over, prosecution as adults, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.055

Conditional release, Minn. Statutes 2022 243.05

Consecutive sentencing, Court Rules Sent 6

Conspiracy to commit

Sentencing guidelines grid, Court Rules Sent 2.G

Conviction, effects

Child custody or parenting time rights, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2022 631.52

Family day care home providers, Minn. Statutes 2022 119B.125

Human services licensees, Minn. Statutes 2022 245C.15

School bus drivers, Minn. Statutes 2022 631.40

Crime against a minor, Minn. Statutes 2022 171.3215

Criminal sexual conduct, murder while committing

1st degree murder, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.106, 2022 609.185

Sex offender registration, Minn. Statutes 2022 243.166

Degrees

1st degree, see same under this topic

2d degree, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.19

3d degree, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.195

Delinquent child, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2022 260B.007

Domestic abuse

Death caused while committing, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.185

Protection order violations, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.19

Domestic violence-related offenses, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.02

Drive-by shootings, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.19

Evidence

Death of person, standard of proof, Minn. Statutes 2022 634.051

Killing by defendant, standard of proof, Minn. Statutes 2022 634.051

Wiretapping, warrants for, Minn. Statutes 2022 626A.05

Forfeitures for, see Criminal forfeitures under FORFEITURES

Heinous crime, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.106, 2022 609.107

Intentional murder, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.19

Jurisdiction, Minn. Statutes 2022 480A.06

Juvenile offenders, Minn. Statutes 2022 260B.125, 2022 609.055

Knowing transfer of communicable diseases, criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.2241

Lawsuits, death by wrongful act, right of action, Minn. Statutes 2022 573.02

Lesser included offenses, Minn. Statutes 2022 631.14

Mandatory sentences, Court Rules Sent 2.E.01

Motions attacking charging documents, Court Rules Crim 17.06

Murder of an unborn child, effects

1st degree, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.2661

2d degree, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.2662

3d degree, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.2663

Conviction

Family day care providers, Minn. Statutes 2022 119B.125

Human services licensees, Minn. Statutes 2022 245C.15

Not a bar to other prosecutions, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.035, 2022 609.2691

Premeditation, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.18

Murder of an unborn child

Sentencing

Offense severity, Court Rules Sent 5.A, Sent 5.B

Permissive consecutive sentences, Court Rules Sent 6

Severe violent crime list, Court Rules Sent 8

Offense severity, Court Rules Sent 5.A, Sent 5.B

Perpetrators, injuries during crime, Minn. Statutes 2022 611A.08

Place of death, and venue, Court Rules Crim 24.02

Predatory offenders, registration, Minn. Statutes 2022 243.167

Premeditation, defined, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.18

Pretrial diversion, Minn. Statutes 2022 401.065

Restitution, see RESTITUTION

Second appearance, no plea entry at Rule 8 hearing, Court Rules Crim 8.02

Sentencing guidelines grid, Court Rules Sent 2.E.1, Sent 2.E.4, Sent 2.G, Sent 4

Sentencing

Intensive community supervision, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 244.12

Life imprisonment without release, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.106

Mandatory increased penalties, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.1095

Mandatory minimum sentence, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.11

Maximum sentence, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.107

Presentence investigation, Minn. Statutes 2022 631.40

Supervised release, Minn. Statutes 2022 243.05, 2022 244.05

Standard of proof, Minn. Statutes 2022 634.051

Statutes of limitations

Civil lawsuits, death by wrongful act, Minn. Statutes 2022 573.02

Criminal indictments, Minn. Statutes 2022 628.26

Unintentional murder, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.19

Victims

Death caused during commission of domestic abuse, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.185

Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2022 243.05, 2022 611A.031

Victims

Character evidence of victim, admissibility, Court Rules Evid 404

Statements made under belief of impending death, hearsay rule exception, Court Rules Evid 804

Violent crime, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.1095