Section 631.14 — Verdict For Lesser Included Offense.
631.14 VERDICT FOR LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE. Upon an indictment or complaint for an offense consisting of different degrees, the jury may find the defendant not guilty of the degree charged in the indictment or complaint, and guilty of any degree inferior to that. Upon an indictment or complaint for an offense, the jury may find […]
Section 631.15 — Verdict; Multiple Defendants.
631.15 VERDICT; MULTIPLE DEFENDANTS. If the jury cannot agree upon a verdict with respect to all defendants in a trial involving multiple defendants, it may render a verdict as to those defendants in regard to whom it does agree, on which a judgment shall be entered accordingly. The defendants not receiving a verdict may be […]
Section 631.17 — Court Administrator To Read Verdict To Jury.
631.17 COURT ADMINISTRATOR TO READ VERDICT TO JURY. When a verdict such as the court may receive is returned, the court administrator shall immediately file it in open court and read it to the jury, and ask the jurors if it is their verdict. If a juror disagrees, that fact shall be entered upon the […]
Section 631.02 — Continuances For Sufficient Cause.
631.02 CONTINUANCES FOR SUFFICIENT CAUSE. A continuance may be granted by the court when a case is called for trial, or at any time during pretrial proceedings, upon motion of either the prosecution or defense. The moving party must show sufficient cause for the continuance. Affidavits in support of the motion for continuance must be […]
Section 631.021 — Criminal Trials; Timing Objectives For Case Disposition.
631.021 CRIMINAL TRIALS; TIMING OBJECTIVES FOR CASE DISPOSITION. The judges of each judicial district must adopt and administer rules or procedures to ensure that, on and after July 1, 1997, the following timing objectives for the disposition of criminal cases are met by judges within the district: (1) 90 percent of all criminal cases must […]
Section 631.035 — Joinder Of Defendants.
631.035 JOINDER OF DEFENDANTS. Subdivision 1. Joinder of defendants. Two or more defendants may be jointly charged with a felony and tried if they are alleged to have participated in the same act or transaction or in the same series of acts or transactions constituting an offense. The defendants may be charged in one or […]
Section 631.04 — Excluding Minors From Attendance At Criminal Trials; Duty Of Officer; Penalty.
631.04 EXCLUDING MINORS FROM ATTENDANCE AT CRIMINAL TRIALS; DUTY OF OFFICER; PENALTY. A minor under the age of 17 who is not a party to, witness in, or directly interested in a criminal prosecution or trial before a district court, may not be present at the trial. A police officer, sheriff, or other officer in […]
Section 631.045 — Excluding Spectators From Courtroom.
631.045 EXCLUDING SPECTATORS FROM COURTROOM. At the trial of a complaint or indictment for a violation of sections 609.341 to 609.3451; 609.3453; 609.3458; 617.246, subdivision 2; or Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109, when a minor under 18 years of age is the person upon, with, or against whom the crime is alleged to have been […]
Section 631.046 — Authorizing Presence Of Support Person For Minor Prosecuting Witness.
631.046 AUTHORIZING PRESENCE OF SUPPORT PERSON FOR MINOR PROSECUTING WITNESS. Subdivision 1. Child abuse and violent crime cases. Notwithstanding any other law, a prosecuting witness under 18 years of age in a case involving child abuse as defined in section 630.36, subdivision 2, a crime of violence, as defined in section 624.712, subdivision 5, or […]
Section 631.05 — Requiring Juror To Testify When Juror Has Personal Knowledge Respecting Fact In Controversy; View.
631.05 REQUIRING JUROR TO TESTIFY WHEN JUROR HAS PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE RESPECTING FACT IN CONTROVERSY; VIEW. If a juror has personal knowledge respecting a fact in controversy in a cause, the juror shall declare it in open court during the trial. If during the retirement of a jury, a juror declares a fact which could be […]