MAC e-update
MAC NEWS
SAVE THE DATES!
MAC is happy to announce two upcoming and FREE webinar trainings:
On March 3, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.:
New Administrative Relief Programs for Undocumented Immigrants presented by Sheila
Stuhlman, JD, Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Program Director
and
April 17, 2015 at 11:30
Common Ethical Issues When Serving Victims of Crime presented by Caroline Palmer, JD,
Law and Policy Manager at Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
More information including registration links will be available soon. Thank you in advance to
both presenters and their organizations for agreeing to provide important and relevant trainings.
Nominate fellow professionals for a MADD MN Statewide Recognition Award! Nominations
due by February 6.
The 2015 NCVRW Online Resource Guide is now available and contains everything you need to
host and promote National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) in your community. This
year’s theme is Engaging Communities. Empowering Victims.
Call for Presentations Together Towards Tomorrow; Making Space for Courageous
Conversations, OJP Conference on Crime and Victimization, May 13-15, 2015
Submissions are due Friday, February 13, 2015.
MAC still does fundraising through the AmazonSmile program. Please support MAC while
doing your online shopping at http://smile.amazon.com/ch/41-1801338 – thank you!
Save the date for End Violence Against Women Action Day scheduled for March 18,
2015! Details to be announced soon.
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Deb Jessen, Executive Director
ed@mnallianceoncrime.org
612-940-8090, 866-940-8090
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Upcoming trainings, webinars and other events
Resources and FYI
Grants
Job Opportunities
News from the Courts
UPCOMING TRAININGS, WEBINARS AND OTHER EVENTS
Uber will donate $1 to MADD for every trip taken on Sunday, February 1, 2015 between 3:00
PM and 12:00 AM ET when users enter the promo code ThinkandRide.
Someplace Safe is holding several fundraising events across the state at different times and
locations.
2015 Safe Harbor Regional Trafficking Conference: March 12, 2015, Redwood Area
Community Center.
AEquitas presents the 10th Annual Conference on Crimes Against Women in Dallas, Texas on
March 16 - 18, 2015.
National Institute of Corrections presents a free, Live Broadcast entitled “Offender Reentry: The
Value of Victim Involvement” on Tuesday, February 18.
End Violence Against Women is having its International 2015 International Conference on
Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence and Campus Responses and a Pre-Conference day TraumaInformed Investigations and Prosecutions.
On March 19-21, 2015, Futures Without Violence will host the National Conference on Health
and Domestic Violence in Washington, DC.
Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center’s On-Demand Webinars are available and
an Advanced Forensic Interview Training on February 9-10 in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Minnesota 40 hour Sexual Assault Advocacy Trainings:
Rape and Abuse Crisis Center
Location: Fargo-Moorhead
Schedule: Starting February 7
Contact person: Nancy at nancy@raccfm.com
Program to Aid Victims of Sexual Assault (PAVSA)
Location: Duluth
Schedule: TBA
Contact person: Jude at jfoster@pavsa.org
360 Communities
Location: Burnsville
Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays, 6-9pm (March 16 - April 29)
Contact: Carol Connelly 651-244-9826 or cconnelly@360communities.org
National Crime Victim Law Institute is holding its 14th Annual Crime Victim Law Conference
on May 28-29, 2015.
National Center for Victims of Crime upcoming Trainings include Assisting Victims of Financial
Fraud, Civil Justice for Victims of Crime, Commercial Exploitation of Children, and others.
Office for Victim of Crime (OVC) training and technical assistance center
RESOURCES AND FYI
From the Human Services Policy Network, an infographic on homeless and sexual violence.
From the Vera Institute of Justice: Culture, Language, and Access: Key Considerations for
Serving Deaf Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
The National Partnership for Juvenile Services announces the “Desktop Guide to Quality
Practice for Working with Youth in Confinement.” This is a web-based guide for computers and
mobile reading devices that allows facility leadership and staff to search across 19 chapters for
information.
The Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy released the report "Realizing the Potential of Technology
in Policing: A Multisite Study of the Social, Organizational, and Behavioral Aspects of Implementing
Policing Technologies" , conducted for the National Institute of Justice.
PreventConnect contains many, continually updated resources for the prevention of sexual
assault and domestic violence.
Judge Alan Pendleton of Minnesota's 10th Judicial District (Anoka County) maintains a judicial
training blog.
MDH Sexual Violence Prevention Network E-News may be found here.
OJJDP and MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership have launched the National
Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC).
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) has launched SmartCheck an online
resource to help investors identify and protect themselves against financial fraud.
End Violence Against Women International website with trainings, technical assistance and
resources may be found here: http://www.evawintl.org/
Information about President Obama’s changes to immigration policy that may affect immigrant
survivors and their advocates may be found here.
Crimes Against the Elderly, 2003 – 2013 from the Bureau of Justice Statistics is now available.
OVC and the Bureau of Justice Assistance Human Trafficking Task Force e-Guide.
The Minnesota Human Trafficking Taskforce’s website
National Criminal Justice Reference Service has a Weekly Accessions List that contains new
resources that are part of the NCJRS Library.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
The National Girls Initiative seeks applications for its Innovation Awards to address the needs of
girls and young women in, or at risk of entering, the juvenile justice system. Successful
applicants will use funds to support girls’ alliances, coalitions, and other collaborative efforts to
advance changes in policies and programs that meet the unique needs of girls in one or more
priority areas that OJJDP has identified.
Information for DOJ OVW FY 2015 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of
Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking: applications due February
24, 2015, 11:59 p.m., Eastern time.
DOJ: http://www.justice.gov/atj/grant-information
The U.S. Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has various funding opportunities.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
To learn more about the following job opportunities, please check the websites or call these
organizations for more information:
PAVSA: Youth Advocate position available.
For a listing of employment positions in the domestic violence community, visit MCBW’s
website
Alliance for Justice has employment opportunities available across the U.S.
NEWS FROM THE COURT
Minnesota Supreme Court:
A13-1605,
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Patrick William Benton, Appellant.
Anoka County.
1. A criminal defendant is not entitled to relief based on an alleged violation of his Sixth
Amendment right to a public trial when the defendant requested the courtroom closure and the
alleged error does not seriously affect the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the judicial
proceedings.
2. The allegedly erroneous admission of relationship evidence under Minn. Stat. § 634.20 (2014)
was harmless because it did not significantly affect the verdict.
3. Appellant’s pro se arguments lack merit.
Affirmed. Justice G. Barry Anderson.
A13-597
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Tommy Salyers, III, Appellant.
Court of Appeals.
1. A rule for constructive possession of the contents of a locked container that focuses on the
ready accessibility of the container's contents to the exclusion of other factors relevant to a
defendant's dominion and control over the container's contents is inconsistent with Minnesota's
constructive possession doctrine, as articulated in State v. Florine, 303 Minn. 103, 226 N.W.2d
609 (1975).
2. The direct evidence of appellant's exclusive control over the safe in which firearms were
located was sufficient to support appellant's conviction of being a felon in possession of a
firearm, in violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.165, subd. 1b(a) (2014); in possession of a firearm with
no serial number, in violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.667(3) (2014); and in possession of a shortbarreled shotgun, in violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.67, subd. 2 (2014).
Affirmed. Justice Alan C. Page.
Minnesota Court of Appeals:
Published Opinions:
A13-1215
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Rickford Rehmann Munger, Appellant.
Olmsted County District Court, Hon. Judge Jodi L. Williamson.
Under the plain language of Minn. Stat. § 243.166, subd. 4a(b), persons required to register as
predatory offenders are not required to provide written notification of changes in employment.
Affirmed. Judge Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks.
A14-1296
Shawn Michael O'Connell, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Fred Karasov.
The rule announced in Missouri v. McNeely, 133 S. Ct 1552 (2013), that natural dissipation of
alcohol in the blood does not constitute a per se exigency justifying a warrantless search, does
not retroactively apply on collateral review of a final conviction.
Affirmed. Judge Louise Dovre Bjorkman
Unpublished opinions:
A14-1078,
In the Matter of the Welfare of: D. E. M.-T., Child.
Affirmed. Judge Edward Toussaint, Jr.
Ramsey County District Court, Hon. Gary W. Bastian.
Appellant challenges his delinquency adjudication, arguing that the evidence was insufficient
and that the district court should have stayed adjudication of delinquency. We affirm.
A14-303,
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Michael James Berry, Appellant.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. Judge Denise D. Reilly.
Ramsey County District Court, Hon. George Stephenson.
On appeal from his driving while impaired (DWI) convictions, appellant Michael James Berry
challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence of the results of his
breath test, arguing that the stop of his motorcycle was not supported by a reasonable,
particularized suspicion of criminal activity on his part. Appellant also argues his statutory right
to an additional chemical test was violated because he was not given an opportunity to exercise
that right until more than three hours had passed since his arrest. We affirm the district court’s
order denying appellant’s suppression motion, but reverse and remand to the district court with
directions to vacate one of appellant’s DWI convictions under Minn. Stat. § 609.04 (2012).
A14-76,
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Rajab Ibn Dawun Abdul Jabbar, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks.
Concurring in part, dissenting in part, Judge Francis J. Connolly.
Anoka County District Court, Hon. Jenny Walker Jasper.
Following his conviction of felony violation of an order for protection (OFP), appellant argues
(1) the evidence was insufficient to convict him when his stipulation to previous qualified
domestic-violence-related-offense convictions was inadequate or, in the alternative, his jury-trial
waiver on this enhancement element was lacking; (2) the district court erred by admitting out-ofcourt statements made to responding police officers; (3) the district court erred by admitting
evidence of prior 911 calls involving appellant and the complainant; and (4) the jury instructions
on the elements of the crime constituted reversible error. We affirm
A14-141,
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Wayne William Leistico, Appellant.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. Judge Kevin G. Ross.
Sherburne County District Court, Hon. Sheridan Hawley.
Twenty-eight-year-old Wayne Leistico had sex with a six-year-old girl over a lengthy period.
The district court sentenced Leistico to 360 months in prison with a lifetime conditional-release
period after he pleaded guilty to first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct. Leistico
appeals the sentence, arguing that the 360-month prison term is a greater-than-double departure
not supported by severe aggravating factors and that he has no prior sex offense authorizing a
lifetime conditional-release period. Because we conclude that 360 months was not greater than
double the length of the maximum presumptive sentence, severe aggravating factors were not
necessary for the sentence and we affirm the incarceration period. But because Leistico has no
prior sex-offense conviction, we reverse the imposition of lifetime conditional release and
remand for the district court to impose the ten-year conditional-release period mandated by
statute.
The Minnesota Alliance on Crime offers no opinion on the quality of any of the trainings,
programs, or resources mentioned in this e-update. If you would like to include information in
future e-updates, email Deb at ed@mnallianceoncrime.org.