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So, last week I was on vacation and on Friday, I was on a horseback ride and  I managed to fall off the horse during the ride and I really i...

Today I was talking to a friend of mine who is also a public defender in a different area than me. She said she had been talking to the stat...

So. It's been a big week or so in Legal Nerd Land. The Supreme Court has recently issued two high-profile cases that have attracted a lo...

So I have discussed previously how ridiculous the predatory offender law is. Today I learned something new about it that makes it even more ...

Went to Target Field today for the first time this season. It was a gorgeous day out, perfect for watching a baseball game. We got absolutel...

I'm a bit late on this, but it's still interesting, so I wanted to touch base on it.  Recently, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled th...

Here is an example of why it is difficult to be an unmarried, child-free Mormon woman w/ social anxiety. I was invited to a Saturday mornin...

Recently, there was an article in the Star Tribune about the ongoing criminal cases involving victims Palagor Jobi and Anarae Schunk.  In t...

Recently, I have been waiting for court & there were officers there for other hrgs & we got to chit-chatting. On two occasions, offi...

I am so appalled today by the recent MN Court of Appeals decision regarding Test Refusals that I can't even express it in words.  I'...

Lost my trial last week.  I wasn't particularly surprised by the verdict, but of course, I was disappointed.  As always.  Losing sucks, ...

In trial this week. First one of the year. Game face on!

At the request of @RunoftheShipe , today's post will be about sobriety checkpoints.  The request for my piercing insight  nonsensical ra...

So, I've talked before about the McNeely/Brooks decisions on DWI cases in previous posts, here, here , and here .  We've now been i...

I had filed a motion awhile ago to suppress a statement from my client that had been obtained in violation of his Miranda rights. We were sc...

Simon became even more weak and ill today. I brought him back in to see if they could do anything for him, but they couldn't.  So, I had...

My poor little kitty Simon is sick. The vet thinks he has something called feline infectious peritonitis, or FIP. They are doing a test to c...

Let's play a game I like to call "civics lesson."  This is where we discuss things that the general public should have learned...

I have had an absolute bitch of a time lately concentrating at work. I don't know what my deal is but I just cannot seem to focus. I hav...

People like to tease me about being a crazy cat lady & pick on me about recently acquiring a third cat. It's all in good fun & I...