No Published Criminal Opinions But Two Grants of Further Review

State v. Rick, Minn.S.Ct., 12/5/2012.  The Supreme Court granted further review of this case today.  I wrote about it here.  It has something to do with the  “knowing transfer of communicable disease” statute.

State v. Castillo-Alvarez, Minn.S.Ct., 12/5/2012.  The Court also granted further review of this case.  I wrote about it here.  Here’s the gist of the problem:

This was a particularly brutal drug murder/kidnapping, the facts of which are not all that important to the legal issues raised on appeal.  Mr. Castillo-Alvarez ordered a bunch of guys to kidnap and murder G.S.E.  These guys grabbed G.S.E. in Iowa, took him across the border into Minnesota and shot G.S.E. in the head.
Iowa got its first bite at prosecuting Mr. Castillo-Alvarez for the kidnapping and murder.  A jury over there convicted him but the Iowa appellate court threw it out for violation of his speedy trial rights.  Minnesota then hauled him into their courts and a jury convicted Mr. Castillo-Alvarez of the same crimes.