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MN Stat § 609.041 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.041 — Proof Of Prior Convictions.

609.041 PROOF OF PRIOR CONVICTIONS. In a criminal prosecution in which the degree of the crime or the penalty for the crime depends, in whole or in part, on proof of the existence of a prior conviction, if the defendant contests the existence of or factual basis for a prior conviction, proof of it is established by competent and reliable evidence, including a certified court record of the conviction. History:   1988 c 520 s 2
MN Stat § 609.045 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.045 — Foreign Conviction Or Acquittal.

609.045 FOREIGN CONVICTION OR ACQUITTAL. If an act or omission in this state constitutes a crime under both the laws of this state and the laws of another jurisdiction, a conviction or acquittal of the crime in the other jurisdiction shall not bar prosecution for the crime in this state unless the elements of both law and fact are identical. History:  1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.045; 1983 c 152 s 1
MN Stat § 609.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.05 — Liability For Crimes Of Another.

609.05 LIABILITY FOR CRIMES OF ANOTHER. Subdivision 1. Aiding, abetting; liability. A person is criminally liable for a crime committed by another if the person intentionally aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires with or otherwise procures the other to commit the crime. Subd. 2. Expansive liability. A person liable under subdivision 1 is also liable for any other crime committed in pursuance of the intended crime if reasonably foreseeable by the person as a probable consequence of committing or attempting to commit the crime intended. Subd. 3. Abandonment of criminal purpose. A person who intentionally aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires with or otherwise procures another to commit a crime and thereafter abandons that purpose and makes a reasonable effort to prevent the commission of the crime prior to its commission is not liable if the crime is thereafter committed. Subd. 4. Circumstances of conviction. A person liable under this section may be charged with and convicted of the crime although the person who directly committed it has not been convicted, or has been convicted of some other degree of the crime or of some other crime based on the same act, or if the person is a juvenile who has not been found delinquent for the act. Subd. 5. Definition. For purposes of this section, a crime also includes an act committed by a juvenile that would be a crime if committed by an adult. History:  1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.05; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 279 s 22,23
MN Stat § 609.055 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.055 — Capability Of Children To Commit Crime.

609.055 CAPABILITY OF CHILDREN TO COMMIT CRIME. Subdivision 1. General rule. Children under the age of 14 years are incapable of committing crime. Subd. 2. Adult prosecution. (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), children of the age of 14 years or over but under 18 years may be prosecuted for a felony offense if the alleged violation is duly certified for prosecution under the laws and court procedures controlling adult criminal violations or may be designated an extended jurisdiction juvenile in accordance with the provisions of chapter 260B. A child who is 16 years of age or older but under 18 years of age is capable of committing a crime and may be prosecuted for a felony if: (1) the child has been previously certified on a felony charge pursuant to a hearing under section 260B.125, subdivision 2, or pursuant to the waiver of the right to such a hearing, or prosecuted pursuant to this subdivision; and (2) the child was convicted of the felony offense or offenses for which the child was prosecuted or of a lesser included felony offense. (b) A child who is alleged to have committed murder in the first degree after becoming 16 years of age is capable of committing a crime and may be prosecuted for the felony. This paragraph does not apply to a child alleged to have committed attempted murder in the first degree after becoming 16 years of age. History:  1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.055; 1992 c 571 art 7 s 12; 1994 c 576 s 45; 1995 c 226 art 3 s 47; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2
MN Stat § 609.065 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.065 — Justifiable Taking Of Life.

609.065 JUSTIFIABLE TAKING OF LIFE. The intentional taking of the life of another is not authorized by section 609.06, except when necessary in resisting or preventing an offense which the actor reasonably believes exposes the actor or another to great bodily harm or death, or preventing the commission of a felony in the actor's place of abode. History:  1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.065; 1978 c 736 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 609.075 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.075 — Intoxication As Defense.

609.075 INTOXICATION AS DEFENSE. An act committed while in a state of voluntary intoxication is not less criminal by reason thereof, but when a particular intent or other state of mind is a necessary element to constitute a particular crime, the fact of intoxication may be taken into consideration in determining such intent or state of mind. History:  1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.075
MN Stat § 609.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.08 — Duress.

609.08 DURESS. Except as provided in section 609.20, clause (3), when any crime is committed or participated in by two or more persons, any one of whom participates only under compulsion by another engaged therein, who by threats creates a reasonable apprehension in the mind of such participator that in case of refusal that participator is liable to instant death, such threats and apprehension constitute duress which will excuse such participator from criminal liability. History:  1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.08; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 609.085 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.085 — Sending Written Communication.

609.085 SENDING WRITTEN COMMUNICATION. Subdivision 1. Definition of offense. When the sending of a letter or other written communication is made an offense, the offense is complete upon deposit of the letter or communication in any official depository of mail or given to another for the purpose of delivery to the receiver. Subd. 2. Venue. The offense is committed in both the county in which the letter is so deposited or given and the county in which it is received by the person for whom it is intended. History:  1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.085
MN Stat § 609.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.09 — Compelling Testimony; Immunity From Prosecution.

609.09 COMPELLING TESTIMONY; IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION. Subdivision 1. Conditions of immunity. In any criminal proceeding, including a grand jury proceeding, paternity proceeding, or proceeding in juvenile court, if it appears a person may be entitled to refuse to answer a question or produce evidence of any other kind on the ground that the person may be incriminated thereby, and if the prosecuting attorney, in writing, requests the chief judge of the district or a judge of the court in which the proceeding is pending to order that person to answer the question or produce the evidence, the judge, after notice to the witness and hearing, shall so order if the judge finds that to do so would not be contrary to the public interest and would not be likely to expose the witness to prosecution in another state or in the federal courts. After complying, and if, but for this section, the witness would have been privileged to withhold the answer given or the evidence produced by the witness, no testimony or other information compelled under the order, or any information directly or indirectly derived from such testimony or other information may be used against the witness in any criminal case, but the witness may be prosecuted or subjected to penalty or forfeiture for any perjury, false swearing or contempt committed in answering, or in failing to answer, or in producing, or failing to produce, evidence in accordance with the order. Subd. 2. Testimony required; no use of testimony for prosecution. In every case not provided for in subdivision 1 and in which it is provided by law that a witness shall not be excused from giving testimony tending to be self-incriminating, no person shall be excused from testifying or producing any papers or documents on the ground that doing so may tend to criminate the person or subject the person to a penalty or forfeiture; but no testimony or other information directly or indirectly derived from such testimony or other information may be used against the witness in any criminal case, except for perjury committed in such testimony. History:  1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.09; 1969 c 661 s 1; 1981 c 293 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 609.095 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.095 — Limits Of Sentences.

609.095 LIMITS OF SENTENCES. (a) The legislature has the exclusive authority to define crimes and offenses and the range of the sentences or punishments for their violation. No other or different sentence or punishment shall be imposed for the commission of a crime than is authorized by this chapter or other applicable law. (b) Except as provided in section 152.18, 609.1056, 609.375, or upon agreement of the parties, a court may not refuse to adjudicate the guilt of a defendant who tenders a guilty plea in accordance with Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 15, or who has been found guilty by a court or jury following a trial. A decision by the court to issue a stay of adjudication under this paragraph for a charge of violating section 243.166, 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, 609.3451, subdivision 3, or 609.3453, must be justified in writing and on the record. (c) Paragraph (b) does not supersede Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 26.04. History:  1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.095; 1998 c 367 art 6 s 1; 2001 c 158 s 6; 1Sp2019 c 5 art 4 s 1; 1Sp2021 c 12 art 3 s 12
MN Stat § 609.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.10 — Sentences Available.

609.10 SENTENCES AVAILABLE. Subdivision 1. Sentences available. (a) Upon conviction of a felony and compliance with the other provisions of this chapter the court, if it imposes sentence, may sentence the defendant to the extent authorized by law as follows: (1) to life imprisonment; or (2) to imprisonment for a fixed term of years set by the court; or (3) to both imprisonment for a fixed term of years and payment of a fine; or (4) to payment of a fine without imprisonment or as an intermediate sanction on a stayed sentence; or (5) to payment of court-ordered restitution in addition to either imprisonment or payment of a fine, or both; or (6) to payment of a local correctional fee as authorized under section 609.102 in addition to any other sentence imposed by the court. (b) If the court imposes a fine or orders restitution under paragraph (a), payment is due on the date imposed unless the court otherwise establishes a due date or a payment plan. Subd. 2. Restitution. (a) As used in this section, "restitution" includes: (1) payment of compensation to the victim or the victim's family; and (2) if the victim is deceased or already has been fully compensated, payment of money to a victim assistance program or other program directed by the court. "Restitution" includes payment of compensation to a government entity that incurs loss as a direct result of a crime. (b) When the defendant does not pay the entire amount of court-ordered restitution and the fine at the same time, the court may order that all restitution shall be paid before the fine is paid. History:  1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.10; 1978 c 723 art 1 s 13; 1984 c 610 s 1; 1992 c 571 art 11 s 12; 1995 c 244 s 10; 1996 c 408 art 7 s 2; 1997 c 239 art 7 s 16; 2009 c 83 art 2 s 39
MN Stat § 609.102 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.102 — Local Correctional Fees; Imposition By Court.

609.102 LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FEES; IMPOSITION BY COURT. Subdivision 1. Definition. As used in this section, "local correctional fee" means a fee for local correctional services established by a local correctional agency under section 244.18. Subd. 2. Imposition of fee. When a court places a person convicted of a crime under the supervision and control of a local correctional agency, that agency may collect a local correctional fee based on the local correctional agency's fee schedule adopted under section 244.18. Subd. 2a. Imposition of correctional fee. When a person convicted of a crime is supervised by the commissioner of corrections, the commissioner may collect a correctional fee under section 241.272. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1999 c 111 s 6] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1999 c 111 s 6] History:  1992 c 571 art 11 s 13; 1999 c 111 s 4; 1999 c 216 art 4 s 10; 2006 c 260 art 4 s 13
MN Stat § 609.104 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.104 — Fine And Surcharge Collection.

609.104 FINE AND SURCHARGE COLLECTION. Subdivision 1. Failure to pay restitution or fine. (a) Any portion of a fine, surcharge, court cost, restitution, or fee that the defendant fails to pay by the due date may be referred for collection under section 480.15, subdivision 10c. If the defendant has agreed to a payment plan but fails to pay an installment when due, the entire amount remaining becomes due and payable and may be referred for collection under section 480.15, subdivision 10c. (b) The defendant may contest the referral for collection based on inability to pay by requesting a hearing no later than the due date. The defendant shall be notified in writing at sentencing that under section 480.15, subdivision 10c, the court may refer the case for collection for nonpayment, and collection costs may be added to the amount due. The defendant shall also be notified in writing of the right to contest a referral for collection. The state court administrator shall develop the notice language. Subd. 2. Fine and surcharge collection. (a) A defendant's obligation to pay court-ordered fines, surcharges, court costs, restitution, and fees shall survive after the due date for a period set by the Judicial Council. (b) Any change in the collection period established by the Judicial Council shall be effective on court-ordered fines, surcharges, court costs, restitution, and fees imposed on or after July 1, 2009. (c) The period relating to a defendant's obligation to pay restitution under paragraph (a) does not limit the victim's right to collect restitution through other means such as a civil judgment. (d) Nothing in this subdivision extends the period of a defendant's stay of sentence imposition or execution. History:   2009 c 83 art 2 s 42
MN Stat § 609.105 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.105 — Sentence Of Imprisonment.

609.105 SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT. Subdivision 1. Sentence to more than one year. A felony sentence to imprisonment for more than one year shall commit the defendant to the custody of the commissioner of corrections. Subd. 1a.  [Repealed, 2009 c 83 art 3 s 24] Subd. 1b.  [Repealed, 2009 c 83 art 3 s 24] Subd. 2. Place of confinement. The commissioner of corrections shall determine the place of confinement in a prison, reformatory, or other facility of the Department of Corrections established by law for the confinement of convicted persons and prescribe reasonable conditions and rules for their employment, conduct, instruction, and discipline within or without the facility. When the remaining term of imprisonment for a convicted person upon commitment is 90 days or less, the commissioner of corrections may contract with a county for placement of the person in a county jail or detention center for the remainder of the person's term. Subd. 3. Sentence to one year or less. A sentence to imprisonment for a period of one year or any lesser period shall be to a workhouse, work farm, county jail, or other place authorized by law. History:  1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.105; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1997 c 2 s 61; 1999 c 126 s 10; 1999 c 194 s 7,8; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 5 s 7-9; 2009 c 83 art 3 s 19; 2020 c 71 art 2 s 11
MN Stat § 609.1055 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.1055 — Offenders With Serious And Persistent Mental Illness; Alternative Placement.

609.1055 OFFENDERS WITH SERIOUS AND PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS; ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT. When a court intends to commit an offender with a serious and persistent mental illness, as defined in section 245.462, subdivision 20, paragraph (c), to the custody of the commissioner of corrections for imprisonment at a state correctional facility, either when initially pronouncing a sentence or when revoking an offender's probation, the court, when consistent with public safety, may instead place the offender on probation or continue the offender's probation and require as a condition of the probation that the offender successfully complete an appropriate supervised alternative living program having a mental health treatment component. This section applies only to offenders who would have a remaining term of imprisonment after adjusting for credit for prior imprisonment, if any, of more than one year. History:   1Sp2003 c 2 art 5 s 10
MN Stat § 609.106 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.106 — Heinous Crimes.

609.106 HEINOUS CRIMES. Subdivision 1. Terms. (a) As used in this section, "heinous crime" means: (1) a violation or attempted violation of section 609.185 or 609.19; (2) a violation of section 609.195 or 609.221; or (3) a violation of section 609.342, 609.343, or 609.344, if the offense was committed with force or violence. (b) "Previous conviction" means a conviction in Minnesota for a heinous crime or a conviction elsewhere for conduct that would have been a heinous crime under this chapter if committed in Minnesota. The term includes any conviction that occurred before the commission of the present offense of conviction, but does not include a conviction if 15 years have elapsed since the person was discharged from the sentence imposed for the offense. Subd. 2. Life without release. The court shall sentence a person to life imprisonment without possibility of release under the following circumstances: (1) the person is convicted of first-degree murder under section 609.185, paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), (4), or (7); (2) the person is convicted of committing first-degree murder in the course of a kidnapping under section 609.185, paragraph (a), clause (3); or (3) the person is convicted of first-degree murder under section 609.185, paragraph (a), clause (3), (5), or (6), and the court determines on the record at the time of sentencing that the person has one or more previous convictions for a heinous crime. [See Note.] History: 1998 c 367 art 2 s 6; art 6 s 3,15; 2002 c 401 art 1 s 13; 2005 c 136 art 2 s 5; art 17 s 9; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 98 NOTE: Subdivision 2 as applied to juvenile defendants was severed and the previous version of that subdivision revived in Jackson v. State, 883 N.W.2d 272 (Minn. 2016).
MN Stat § 609.107 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.107 — Mandatory Penalty For Certain Murderers.

609.107 MANDATORY PENALTY FOR CERTAIN MURDERERS. When a person is convicted of violating section 609.19 or 609.195, the court shall sentence the person to the statutory maximum sentence for the offense if the person was previously convicted of a heinous crime as defined in section 609.106 and 15 years have not elapsed since the person was discharged from the sentence imposed for that conviction. The court may not stay the imposition or execution of the sentence, notwithstanding section 609.135. History:   1998 c 367 art 6 s 4
MN Stat § 609.118 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.118 — Fingerprinting Required.

609.118 FINGERPRINTING REQUIRED. (a) When a person is convicted of a felony, gross misdemeanor, or targeted misdemeanor, as defined in section 299C.10, subdivision 1, or is adjudicated delinquent for a felony or gross misdemeanor, the court shall order the offender to immediately report to the law enforcement agency responsible for the collection of fingerprint and other identification data required under section 299C.10, regardless of the sentence imposed or executed. (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the person is remanded to the custody of a law enforcement agency or if the identification data was collected prior to the conviction or adjudication for the offense. (c) A person who fails to obey a court order under paragraph (a) is subject to probation revocation, contempt of court, or any other appropriate remedy. (d) This section does not limit or restrict any other statutory requirements or local policies regarding the collection of identification data. History:   1Sp2001 c 8 art 6 s 7
MN Stat § 609.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.12 — Parole Or Discharge.

609.12 PAROLE OR DISCHARGE. Subdivision 1. Authority; conditions. A person sentenced to the commissioner of corrections for imprisonment for a period less than life may be paroled or discharged at any time without regard to length of the term of imprisonment which the sentence imposes when in the judgment of the commissioner of corrections, and under the conditions the commissioner imposes, the granting of parole or discharge would be most conducive to rehabilitation and would be in the public interest. Subd. 2. Parole required after certain term. If a sentence of more than five years has been imposed on a defendant for a crime authorizing a sentence of not more than ten years, the commissioner of corrections shall grant the defendant parole no later than the expiration of five years of imprisonment, less time granted for good behavior, unless the commissioner determines with or without hearing that the defendant's parole would not be conducive to rehabilitation or would not be in the public interest. Subd. 3. Parole; commissioner powers. All sentences to the commissioner of corrections for the imprisonment of the defendant are subject to the laws relating to parole and the powers of the commissioner of corrections, except as modified in subdivisions 1 and 2, and to all other laws relating to persons in said institutions and their imprisonment. History:  1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.12; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1983 c 274 s 18; 1986 c 444