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Duluth Officer Use of Force Case Could Go to Supreme Court

City Attorney Gunnar Johnson petitioning the Adam Huot case to the Minnesota Supreme Court
Arman Rahman,

DULUTH, Minn.- The City of Duluth’s top attorney is not backing down in his fight to keep a police officer from getting his job back. The saga continues, as the City wishes to take the case to the final nail: the Minnesota State Supreme Court. In 2017 officer Adam Huot was shown on body cam video dragging a man by…
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Minnesota Supreme Court: Order to Unlock Phone With Fingerprint Constitutional

Case Was Connected to Burglary Where Man Was Required by Judge to Unlock Phone With Fingerprint
The Associated Press,

ST. PAUL, Minn.-The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a judge’s order requiring a man to provide his fingerprint to unlock his cellphone was constitutional and didn’t violate his right against self-incrimination. Wednesday’s decision comes in the case of Matthew Diamond, who wanted burglary and theft convictions overturned in connection with a 2014 robbery in Chaska. Diamond’s attorney argued the district…