MAC e-update
MAC NEWS
MAC is happy to announce the new members of MAC’s Board of Directors! The new members
are: Sandy Hopkins, volunteer crime victim advocate at Council on Crime and Justice and
marketing and development professional; Catie Houck, Crime Victim Advocate with Someplace
Safe and Vicki Walechka, Victim/Witness Coordinator-Le Sueur County Victim/Witness
Program. Welcome and thank you for volunteering to help with MAC’s important work!
Remember to vote on Tuesday, November 4, 2014!
A reminder that all nonprofits registered with the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office must
renew their filing by December 31, 2014! Information is available here.
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
Someplace Safe is having Open Houses at its sites in November.
Sexual Violence Prevention Network meeting on November 6, 2014.
“I Didn’t Know That!” civil legal resources seminar/CLE, November 12, 2014. For more
information contact emily.lindholm@callforjustice.org
National DEC webinar November 12, 2014, on Health Consequences of Using Marijuana –
Effects on Infants, Children, and Young Adults
Lobbying with Confidence: Legal Tips for Nonprofit Advocates webinar on November 11, 2014
by Alliance for Justice
CLE The Collision of Family and Criminal Law: The Ins and Outs of Criminal DANCOs, Civil
OFPs and HROs November 12, 2014
NCVLI webinar: Representing Victims Who Don’t Fit Society’s “Mold” November 12, 2014
Engaging Family Members in the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Process webinar on
November 18, 2014
On November 14, 2014, CJJ will present "Exercising Judicial Leadership on the
Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders" webinar.
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.
MNCASA announces a tour of Fired Up: Survivor Stories of trauma, HOPE and change.
National Center for Victims of Crime’s has an upcoming webinar series on Elder Financial
Exploitation.
The Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will hold a meeting
on November 18, 2014, to discuss the final report of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee
on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence. Information about
meetings and reports may be found here.
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
Battered Women’s Justice Project trainings and webinars including Accessible Trauma
Resolution-A Model with Evidence to Match on November 19, 2014
RESOURCES AND FYI
National Center for Juvenile Justice released a new section for online resources on Geography,
Policy, Practice & Statistics.
OVC and the Bureau of Justice Assistance announced launch of its expanded Human Trafficking
Task Force e-Guide.
A new report on labor trafficking is available from Northeastern University and the Urban
Institute.
OJJDP-funded legal sector guide on commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking is
available.
Minnesota Office of Justice Programs has a newly revised quick reference reparations benefits
chart.
The National Crime Victim Law Institute has published its latest Violence against Women
Bulletin.
NCJRS published a “special feature” with resources for preventing and responding to crimes in
schools.
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center has newly listed resources for sexual violence
prevention.
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
OJJDP and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation funding opportunities: Racial
and Ethnic Disparities Reduction Project and Dual Status Youth Technical Assistance Initiative
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:
National Network to End Domestic Violence is hiring; four positions available.
Mission 21 has an opening for Director Family Support.
Program Manager, Minnesota Elder Justice Center
Heartland Girls’ Ranch has several positions available.
Breaking Free has two positions available.
For a listing of employment positions in the domestic violence community, visit MCBW’s
website
NSVRC has a Training Specialist position available.
Alliance for Justice has employment opportunities available across the U.S.
NEWS FROM THE COURT
Time change!! The Minnesota Judicial has sent out a notice of a hearing date to consider the
proposed amendments to the General Rules of Practice for a pilot program to allow for audio and
video coverage of certain criminal proceedings. The hearing will take place in Courtroom 300,
Minnesota Judicial Center, 25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Saint Paul, Minnesota, on
December 16, 2014, at 11:00 a.m.
Minnesota:
Supreme Court
A13-997, State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Jose Arriaga Soto, Jr., Appellant.
Court of Appeals.
On the current record, the district court abused its discretion by departing from the presumptive
disposition under the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines and staying the appellant’s 12-year
prison sentence for first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Vacated and remanded. Justice David L. Lillehaug.
Dissenting, Justice Alan C. Page, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea and Justice G. Barry
Anderson.
A12-993, State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Dylan Micheal Kelley, Appellant.
Court of Appeals.
1. Under the plain-error doctrine, the law in existence at the time of appellate review, not the law
in existence at the time of the district court’s error, is applied to determine whether an error is
plain.
2. The instruction given to the jury by the district court on accomplice liability was plainly
erroneous at the time of appellate review.
3. The plainly erroneous jury instruction did not affect appellant’s substantial rights; therefore,
appellant is not entitled to a new trial.
Affirmed as modified. Justice Christopher J. Dietzen.
Concurring, Justice David R. Stras.
Court of Appeals:
Published Opinions
A13-2317,
Harvey Ray Dupey, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Ramsey County District Court, Hon. Judge Robyn A. Millenacker.
A stay of adjudication on a felony offense constitutes a sentence under Minn. Stat. § 590.01,
subd. 4(a)(1), which triggers the two-year time limit for postconviction petitions.
Affirmed. Judge John P. Smith.
A13-2401,State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Abdirizak Mohamed Abdi, Appellant.
Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Judge Gina M. Brandt.
Because Minn. Stat. § 609.1055 (2012) gives the district court discretion to make a dispositional
departure from the sentencing guidelines by placing an offender with a serious and persistent
mental illness on probation with the condition that the offender successfully complete an
appropriate supervised alternative-living program having a mental-health treatment component,
an appellate court reviews the decision to make or not make such a departure for an abuse of
discretion.
Affirmed. Judge Francis J. Connolly
A14-409,
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Andrew Will Alexander, Appellant.
Ramsey County District Court, Hon. Patrick C. Diamond.
Under the plain language of Minn. Stat. §§ 611A.04, .045 (2012), the district court is not
authorized to order a defendant to sell personal property to satisfy a restitution order.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. Judge Francis J. Connolly
Unpublished opinions:
A13-2334,
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Donald Ernest Beckman, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Larry B. Stauber, Jr.
Dissenting, Judge Carol A. Hooten.
St. Louis County District Court, Hon. Mark M. Starr.
On appeal from his convictions of misdemeanor criminal damage to property and disorderly
conduct, appellant argues that (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions and (2)
the district court erred by sentencing him for two offenses that occurred during a single
behavioral incident. We affirm.
A13-546,
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Juan Jasso, Jr., Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Renee L. Worke.
Kandiyohi County District Court, Hon. Kathryn N. Smith. Appellant challenges his conviction of
third-degree criminal sexual conduct, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to show that the
complainant was unable to withhold consent, and that his counsel was ineffective for
misadvising him on his maximum sentencing exposure. We affirm.
A13-2234,
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Rafael Antonio Alfaro, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Heidi S. Schellhas.
Scott County District Court, Hon. Christian S. Wilton. Appellant argues that the district court
abused its discretion by accepting his guilty plea to second-degree assault with a dangerous
weapon because the aggravating factors necessary to support his negotiated quadruple-upward-
departure sentence are not supported by sufficient evidence. Appellant also makes pro se
arguments. We affirm.
A13-1992,
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. President Pimping Austin, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Heidi S. Schellhas.
Washington County District Court, Hon. Ellen L. Maas. Appellant argues that the district court
abused its discretion by admitting relationship evidence and imposing a greater-than-double
upward departure. We affirm
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.