New Low in Minnesota

To get any lower, we'll have to dig a ditch!

Can the prosecutors appeal the judge's decision here?

Michael Minnott (View Comment):

Can the prosecutors appeal the judge’s decision here?

Yes. But Minnesota Appellate Courts are not exactly MAGA territory. Then again, my guess is that they will find a way to toss her ruling because it was embarrassing even by Minnesota liberal standards.

Michael Minnott (View Comment):

Can the prosecutors appeal the judge’s decision here?

Old Bathos (View Comment):

Yes. But Minnesota Appellate Courts are not exactly MAGA territory. Then again, my guess is that they will find a way to toss her ruling because it was embarrassing even by Minnesota liberal standards.

I hope they do SOMETHING that rejects her decision. You're right: it's embarrassing!

However, this month, Hennepin county trial judge Sarah West has ruled that the conviction cannot stand because it was really just circumstantial evidence. The state failed to rule out “other reasonable inferences.” The mind boggles. What other, innocent explanation is possible from these facts?

Silly me, I assumed that the defense is supposed to offer “other reasonable inferences.” Did this guy wake up one morning and discover 7.2 million had been delivered to his mailbox. I suppose that a Martian could have been sending the money to his mailbox, but then again, the defense would have to produce said generous Martian.