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MN Stat § 631.046 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.046 — Authorizing Presence Of Support Person For Minor Prosecuting Witness.

631.046 AUTHORIZING PRESENCE OF SUPPORT PERSON FOR MINOR PROSECUTING WITNESS. Subdivision 1. Child abuse and violent crime cases. Notwithstanding any other law, a prosecuting witness under 18 years of age in a case involving child abuse as defined in section 630.36, subdivision 2, a crime of violence, as defined in section 624.712, subdivision 5, or an assault under section 609.224 or 609.2242, may choose to have in attendance or be accompanied by a parent, guardian, or other supportive person, whether or not a witness, at the omnibus hearing or at the trial, during testimony of the prosecuting witness. If the person so chosen is also a prosecuting witness, the prosecution shall present on noticed motion, evidence that the person's attendance is both desired by the prosecuting witness for support and will be helpful to the prosecuting witness. Upon that showing the court shall grant the request unless information presented by the defendant or noticed by the court establishes that the support person's attendance during the testimony of the prosecuting witness would pose a substantial risk of influencing or affecting the content of that testimony. Subd. 2. Other cases. Notwithstanding any other law, a prosecuting witness in any case involving criminal sexual conduct as defined in sections 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, and 609.345, or sexual extortion in section 609.3458 may choose to be accompanied by a supportive person, whether or not a witness, at the omnibus or other pretrial hearing. If the supportive person is also a witness, the prosecution and the court shall follow the motion procedure outlined in subdivision 1 to determine whether or not the supportive person's presence will be permitted. History:  1985 c 286 s 23; 1986 c 463 s 21; 1993 c 326 art 6 s 24; 1995 c 259 art 3 s 26; 1Sp2021 c 11 art 4 s 31
MN Stat § 631.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.05 — Requiring Juror To Testify When Juror Has Personal Knowledge Respecting Fact In Controversy; View.

631.05 REQUIRING JUROR TO TESTIFY WHEN JUROR HAS PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE RESPECTING FACT IN CONTROVERSY; VIEW. If a juror has personal knowledge respecting a fact in controversy in a cause, the juror shall declare it in open court during the trial. If during the retirement of a jury, a juror declares a fact which could be evidence in the cause, as of the juror's own knowledge, the jury shall return into court. In either of these cases, the juror making the statement shall be sworn as a witness and examined in the presence of the parties. The court may order a view by a jury impaneled to try a criminal case in accordance with rule 26.03, subdivision 11, of the Rules of Criminal Procedure. History:  (10709) RL s 5362; 1979 c 233 s 41; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2011 c 76 art 3 s 7
MN Stat § 631.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.06 — Questions Of Law And Fact; Decision Making; Court And Jury.

631.06 QUESTIONS OF LAW AND FACT; DECISION MAKING; COURT AND JURY. In criminal trials, the court shall decide questions of law, except in cases of criminal defamation, and the jury shall decide questions of fact. The defendant may object to a decision of the court on a matter of law. Although the jury may return a general verdict including questions of law as well as fact, it shall receive as law the court's instructions. History:  (10710) RL s 5363; 1971 c 25 s 99; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1
MN Stat § 631.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.07 — Order Of Final Argument.

631.07 ORDER OF FINAL ARGUMENT. When the giving of evidence is concluded in a criminal trial, unless the case is submitted on both sides without argument, the prosecution may make a closing argument to the jury. The defense may then make its closing argument to the jury. The prosecution shall then have the right to reply in rebuttal to the closing argument of the defense. History:  (10711) RL s 5364; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 1987 c 395 s 2; 1997 c 239 art 3 s 21; 1999 c 72 s 1
MN Stat § 631.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.09 — Jury Deliberation; Accommodations.

631.09 JURY DELIBERATION; ACCOMMODATIONS. At the close of the evidence and after the court has charged the jury, the jury may decide the case in court or retire for deliberation. If the jury cannot agree on a verdict without retiring, the court shall swear one or more officers to take charge of the jury. The jury must be kept together in some private and convenient place. No person may be permitted to speak or communicate with any juror, unless by order of court, nor may a person listen to its deliberations. The jury must be returned to court upon agreeing on a verdict or when so ordered by the court. In case of mixed juries counties shall provide adequate, separate quarters for male and female jurors with proper accommodations. If the county fails to provide proper accommodations, the court shall order the jurors to be housed in a suitable hotel for the night. This section applies only if the jury has failed to agree. History: (10713, 10713-1) RL s 5366; 1927 c 210 s 1,2; 1981 c 31 s 21; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 16 art 1 s 4 NOTE: See State v. Drew, 889 N.W.2d 323 (Minn. Ct. App. 2017) for application of this section when Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure 26.03, subdivision 5, also applies.
MN Stat § 631.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.12 — Jury Discharged Without Verdict.

631.12 JURY DISCHARGED WITHOUT VERDICT. After the retirement of the jury, the court may discharge it if: (1) one of the jurors becomes so sick as to be unable to continue to serve on the jury; (2) the jury is unable to agree upon a verdict; or (3) any other accident or cause occurs to prevent the jury from being kept together for deliberation. History:  (10716) RL s 5369; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 631.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.13 — Conditions Under Which Second Trial Permitted.

631.13 CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SECOND TRIAL PERMITTED. If a jury is discharged or prevented from giving a verdict because of accident, disagreement, or other cause, the case may be again tried at the same or another term, unless the defendant is discharged during the trial or after the case has been submitted to the jury. History:  (10717) RL s 5370; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1
MN Stat § 631.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.14 — Verdict For Lesser Included Offense.

631.14 VERDICT FOR LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE. Upon an indictment or complaint for an offense consisting of different degrees, the jury may find the defendant not guilty of the degree charged in the indictment or complaint, and guilty of any degree inferior to that. Upon an indictment or complaint for an offense, the jury may find the defendant not guilty of committing it, and guilty of an attempt to commit it. Upon an indictment or complaint for murder, if the jury finds the defendant not guilty, it may, upon the same indictment or complaint, find the defendant guilty of manslaughter in any degree. In all other cases, the defendant may be found guilty of any offense necessarily included in that offense with which the defendant is charged in the indictment or complaint. History:  (10718) RL s 5371; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1
MN Stat § 631.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.15 — Verdict; Multiple Defendants.

631.15 VERDICT; MULTIPLE DEFENDANTS. If the jury cannot agree upon a verdict with respect to all defendants in a trial involving multiple defendants, it may render a verdict as to those defendants in regard to whom it does agree, on which a judgment shall be entered accordingly. The defendants not receiving a verdict may be tried by another jury. History:  (10719) RL s 5372; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1
MN Stat § 631.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.17 — Court Administrator To Read Verdict To Jury.

631.17 COURT ADMINISTRATOR TO READ VERDICT TO JURY. When a verdict such as the court may receive is returned, the court administrator shall immediately file it in open court and read it to the jury, and ask the jurors if it is their verdict. If a juror disagrees, that fact shall be entered upon the minutes, and the court shall send the jury out to deliberate further. If no disagreement is expressed by the jury, the verdict is complete, and the court shall discharge the jury from the case. The court administrator shall immediately record the verdict in full in the court minutes. History:  (10721) RL s 5374; 1955 c 32 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 631.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.20 — Hearing; Sentence.

631.20 HEARING; SENTENCE. After a plea or verdict of guilty, if the court has discretion as to the extent of the punishment, and if either party suggests that there are aggravating or mitigating circumstances which may be properly considered in imposing sentence, the court may hear the issue summarily, at a specified time, and upon notice to the adverse party as it may direct. The aggravating or mitigating circumstances must be presented by the testimony of witnesses examined in open court. History:  (10724) RL s 5377; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1
MN Stat § 631.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.21 — Dismissal Of Action.

631.21 DISMISSAL OF ACTION. The court may order a criminal action, whether prosecuted upon indictment or complaint, to be dismissed. The court may order dismissal of an action either on its own motion or upon motion of the prosecuting attorney and in furtherance of justice. If the court dismisses an action, the reasons for the dismissal must be set forth in the order and entered upon the minutes. The recommendations of the prosecuting officer in reference to dismissal, with reasons for dismissal, must be stated in writing and filed as a public record with the official files of the case. History:  (10725) RL s 5378; 1927 c 296; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 631.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.22 — Jury Challenges.

631.22 JURY CHALLENGES. A challenge is an objection made to a trial jury, and is of two kinds: (1) to the panel; and (2) to an individual juror. When several defendants are tried together, they cannot sever the challenge, but shall join in making the challenge. History:  (10729) RL s 5382; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1
MN Stat § 631.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.36 — Voir Dire.

631.36 VOIR DIRE. At a voir dire examination, a challenged juror may be examined as a witness to prove or disprove the challenge. The juror shall answer every question pertinent to the inquiry. When challenged on the ground that the juror is not a citizen of the United States, the juror's own testimony is competent evidence of the fact of naturalization, without other evidence. The juror's testimony on the issue of citizenship may be disputed by the challenger. At a voir dire examination either party may examine other witnesses on either side. The Rules of Evidence applicable to the trial of other issues govern the admission or exclusion of testimony at a voir dire examination. History:  (10743) RL s 5396; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 631.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.41 — Requiring Court Administrator To Deliver Transcript Of Minutes Of Sentence To Sheriff.

631.41 REQUIRING COURT ADMINISTRATOR TO DELIVER TRANSCRIPT OF MINUTES OF SENTENCE TO SHERIFF. When a person convicted of an offense is sentenced to pay a fine or costs or to be imprisoned in the county jail, or committed to the commissioner of corrections, the court administrator shall, as soon as possible, make out and deliver to the sheriff or a deputy a transcript from the minutes of the court of the conviction and sentence. A duly certified transcript is sufficient authority for the sheriff to execute the sentence. Upon receiving the transcript, the sheriff shall execute the sentence. History:  (10758) RL s 5411; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1993 c 326 art 8 s 15
MN Stat § 631.412 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.412 — Same Sex Escort For Inmates Being Transferred.

631.412 SAME SEX ESCORT FOR INMATES BEING TRANSFERRED. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), when a sheriff or other correctional officer has custody of a person charged with or convicted of a crime and transfers that person more than 100 miles, that sheriff or other correctional officer shall provide the transferee with a custodial escort of the same sex as the transferee. A sheriff may employ, when the occasion exists, a suitable person to carry out this section. The expenses of the person's employment must be paid out of county funds not otherwise appropriated. (b) A sheriff or other correctional officer is not required to provide a same sex escort if: (1) the vehicle used to transport the transferee has video and audio recording equipment installed; (2) the vehicle's video and audio recording equipment is operational and positioned to record the portion of the vehicle where the transferee is held during the transfer; and (3) the video and audio equipment records the duration of the transfer. A recording of an inmate transfer made under this paragraph must be maintained by the sheriff or agency employing the correctional officer for at least 12 months after the date of the transfer. History:  (9950-4) 1927 c 213 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 1987 c 49 s 16; 1992 c 417 s 1; 1Sp2019 c 5 art 3 s 11
MN Stat § 631.43 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.43 — Sentence When Punishment Not Prescribed.

631.43 SENTENCE WHEN PUNISHMENT NOT PRESCRIBED. When no punishment is provided by statute, the court shall sentence the convicted person to a term of imprisonment that, in view of the degree and aggravation of the offense, is not cruel, unusual, or repugnant to the person's constitutional rights. History:  (10760) RL s 5414; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1
MN Stat § 631.44 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.44 — Recognizance To Keep Peace.

631.44 RECOGNIZANCE TO KEEP PEACE. When a person is convicted of an offense not punishable by imprisonment in the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater or county jail, the sentencing court may require the person to recognize, to keep the peace and be of good behavior for a term of not more than two years. The court may require the person to be detained in custody until that person agrees to recognize. The recognizance is in addition to the punishment prescribed by law. It must be with sufficient sureties and in a reasonable sum. History:  (10761) RL s 5415; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1
MN Stat § 631.45 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.45 — Proceedings Required If Breach Of Recognizance To Keep Peace.

631.45 PROCEEDINGS REQUIRED IF BREACH OF RECOGNIZANCE TO KEEP PEACE. In case of the breach of the conditions of a recognizance entered into under section 631.44, the same proceedings must be had that are by law prescribed for recognizances to keep the peace. History:  (10762) RL s 5416; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1
MN Stat § 631.46 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.46 — Sentence Served In Another County When No Facility Available In County Of Offense.

631.46 SENTENCE SERVED IN ANOTHER COUNTY WHEN NO FACILITY AVAILABLE IN COUNTY OF OFFENSE. If a sentence requires imprisonment at a local correctional facility and there is no suitable facility in the county in which the offense was committed, the court may order the sentence to be executed in any other county where there is a suitable facility. The county in which the offense was committed shall pay the expense of supporting the inmate. History:  (10763) RL s 5417; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1
MN Stat § 631.461 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.461 — Imprisonment; County Jail; Alternatives.

631.461 IMPRISONMENT; COUNTY JAIL; ALTERNATIVES. (a) When a sentence for an offense includes imprisonment in a county jail, the court may sentence the offender to imprisonment in a workhouse or correctional or work farm if there is one in the county where the offender is tried or where the offense was committed. If not, the court may sentence the offender to imprisonment in a workhouse or correctional or work farm in any county in this state. However, the county board of the county where the offender is tried shall have some agreement for the receipt, maintenance, and confinement of inmates with the county where the offender has been sentenced to imprisonment. The place of imprisonment must be specified in the sentence. Inmates may be removed from one place of confinement to another as provided by statute. (b) If a court orders or a sheriff permits an offender to serve any portion of the offender's sentence on electronic surveillance, the court or sheriff may require that the offender be kept in custody, or that the offender's probation agent directly supervise the offender until electronic surveillance is activated. (c) It is the responsibility of the offender placed on electronic surveillance to ensure that the offender's residence is properly equipped and the offender's telecommunications system is properly configured to support electronic surveillance prior to being released from custody or the direct supervision of a probation agent. An offender who fails to comply with this paragraph may be found in violation of the offender's conditions of release after a revocation hearing. History:  (9934) RL s 4775; 1933 c 329; 1963 c 130 s 1; 1963 c 753 art 2 s 8; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 2015 c 65 art 5 s 10
MN Stat § 631.471 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.471 — Protecting Inmates; Certain Forfeitures Abolished.

631.471 PROTECTING INMATES; CERTAIN FORFEITURES ABOLISHED. An inmate sentenced to imprisonment is under the protection of the law, and an unauthorized injury to the inmate's person is punishable just as if the inmate were not convicted or sentenced. A conviction for a crime does not work a forfeiture of real or personal property or of any right or interest in property. Forfeitures in the nature of deodands, or in a case of suicide, or where a person flees from justice, are abolished. History:  (9939) RL s 4777; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 631.48 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.48 — Sentence; Costs Of Prosecution.

631.48 SENTENCE; COSTS OF PROSECUTION. In a criminal action, upon conviction of the defendant, the court may order as part of the sentence that defendant shall pay the whole or any part of the disbursements of the prosecution, including disbursements made to extradite a defendant. The court may order this payment in addition to any other penalty authorized by law which it may impose. The payment of the disbursements of prosecution may be enforced in the same manner as the sentence, or by execution against property. When collected, the disbursements of ordered prosecution costs shall be paid to the municipality or subdivision of government which employed the prosecuting attorney or otherwise provided for prosecution of the case. This payment may not interfere with the payment of officers', witnesses', or jurors' fees. History:  (9485) RL s 4352; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 1990 c 579 s 6; 2009 c 83 art 2 s 48
MN Stat § 631.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications|Chapter 631 — Criminal Trial; Conviction; Sentence|Section 631.50 — Alien Inmates Or Mentally Ill Persons; Notice To United States Immigration Officers.

631.50 ALIEN INMATES OR MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; NOTICE TO UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION OFFICERS. When a person who is convicted of a felony or is found to be a person who is mentally ill is committed to the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater, the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud, the county jail, or any other state or county institution which is supported, wholly or in part, by public funds, the chief executive officer, sheriff, or other officer in charge of the state or county institution shall at once inquire into the nationality of the person. If it appears that the person is an alien, the officer shall immediately notify the United States immigration officer in charge of the district in which the correctional facility, jail, or other institution is located of (1) the date of and the reasons for the alien commitment, (2) the length of time for which committed, (3) the country of which the alien is a citizen, and (4) the date on which and the port at which the alien last entered the United States. History:  (9950-1) 1927 c 301 s 1; 1976 c 2 s 155; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1; 2002 c 221 s 49