https://alphanews.org/over-40-of-convicted-gun-crimes-dont-get-mandatory-minimum-sentence/With gun felony cases doubled over the past few years in Minnesota, only 2/3 result in a conviction and sentence, and of those convicted and illegal firearms proven, 43% of defendants weren't sentenced to the
mandatory minimum. In Hennepin county under Mary Moriarty with its vastly outsized share of the whole state, it was 48% who didn't get the minimum. So we've got half the cases where people are tried and convicted and its proven they violated firearm laws, usually "felon in possession of a firearm" and violent firearm felonies, and they still don't receive the minimum sentence required by law
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), any defendant convicted of an offense listed in subdivision 9 in which the defendant or an accomplice, at the time of the offense, had in possession or used, whether by brandishing, displaying, threatening with, or otherwise employing, a firearm, shall be committed to the commissioner of corrections for not less than three years, nor more than the maximum sentence provided by law. Any defendant convicted of a second or subsequent offense in which the defendant or an accomplice, at the time of the offense, had in possession or used a firearm shall be committed to the commissioner of corrections for not less than five years, nor more than the maximum sentence provided by law.
(b) Any defendant convicted of violating section 609.165 or 624.713, subdivision 1, clause (2), shall be committed to the commissioner of corrections for not less than five years, nor more than the maximum sentence provided by law.
but that's more like, what you'd call, guidelines amirite
This post was edited by Goomshill on Jan 18 2024 06:26am