Corey Farris is employed as a Detective with the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office. In approximately 2000, he “adopted” a 16 year old boy who he had been “mentoring” at a community program. At that time, Corey Farris was approximately 25 years old. After adopting the 16 year old boy, the 16 year old boy had a girlfriend.

Evidently, Corey Farris was very angry and didn’t want his adopted son to have a girlfriend. Approximately one (1) year after the so-called adoption, according to the Complaint filed against Corey Farris, Farris “went out drinking with some friends . . . when Farris came home, [the boy] could smell alcohol on him. [The boy] said that COREY FARRIS came to the door of the [boy's] bedroom, paused for a couple of minutes and said something like, “Love you.” [The boy] siad that his blanket went up and that COREY FARRIS touched him on his penis. [The boy] said that he jumped up and began swearing at COREY FARRIS and told him to get out of his room. . . .” The case number is 24-T6-01-855. At his plea and sentencing hearig on March 8, 2001, before Judge Chesterman, Detective Corey Farris admitted that the facts in the complaint were true. He was sentenced to attend sexual offender treatement. Now, was Corey Farris charged with a felony? NO. Was he charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct? NO. How did Corey Farris get such a sweetheart deal?

Why did Freeborn County Attorney Craig Nelson and Judge John Chesterman allow DETECTIVE Corey Farris to get off with such a light charge? Given that he was a Detective, this sweetheart deal smacks of the appearance of impropriety.

Further, even to today, Corey Farris is still a Detective with the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office. It should be noted that Freeborn County Attorney Craig Nelson even went so far as to write a letter requesting that Detective Corey Farris still be allowed to work around children. Freeborn County Attorney Craig Nelson and Assistant Freeborn County Attorney David Walker have filed false pleadings with the Freeborn County District Court falsely writing that Detective Corey Farris has no criminal record. Judge Chesterman, Freeborn County Attorney Craig Nelson, Assistant County Attorney David Walker and Detective Corey Farris also all preside in cases, prosecute cases, and act as a a witness in cases respectively, all together at the same time in case even to 2011. What should be done with Judge Chesterman, Freeborn County Attorney Craig Nelson, Assistant County Attorney David Walker and Detective Corey Farris? Have they proven themselves worthy of the public trust sufficient to keep their public offices? Should they continue in their positions? If not, get involved. Vote them out. Get them removed from their offices.

Over 50 years after his conviction , Attorney Lynne Torgerson secures an expungement for Grady Shockley, a wonderful gentleman nearly 80 years old. Watch this heart warming story.

Attorney Torgerson’s client was charged with 3rd degree felony assault, gross misdemeanor harassment, and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.  Yesterday, her client was found not guilty of 3rd degree felony assault, the gross misdemeanor harassment count was dismissed, with an end result of only a misdemeanor disorderly conduct conviction.  Excellent result for her client.

Attorney Torgerson’s client had been convicted in the Minnesota District Court of criminal sexual conduct.  After his jury trial, he appealed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.  When that appeal was pending, the United States Supreme Court issued its Crawford decision, upholding defendants’ Sixth Amendment right of confrontation.  The Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed her client’s conviction under Crawford.  The State appealed, and the Minnesota Supreme Court reinstated her client’s conviction.  Her client’s petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, at that time, was denied.  Ms. Torgerson then brought a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on her client’s behalf in federal district court, United States District Court, District of Minnesota.  The Honorable Patrick Schiltz, United States District Court Judge, then reversed the Minnesota Supreme Court, and granted her client’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus.  The State of Minnesota then appealed to the Eighth Circuit of Appeals.  The Eighth Circuit upheld Judge Schiltz’ decision, and again, Attorney Torgerson’s client’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus was granted.  The State has now brought a petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, and is seeking its review.

Attorney Torgerson Gets Theft by Swindle in the Amount of $2.5 Million Dismissed

Ms. Torgerson’s client was charged with aiding and abetting theft by swindle in the amount of $2.5 million dollars.  After a long year of multiple court dates, the case was continued for dismissal.  The case has now been dismissed.  Excellent result.

Attorney Torgerson Gets Two Not Guilty Verdicts and Two Dismissals; Charges were Criminal Sexual Conduct and Assault

Criminal defense lawyer Lynne Torgerson, Esq. just finished a jury trial in Hennepin County.  Initially, months back, her client was charged with 2 counts of criminal sexual conduct  and 2 counts of assault.  At the contested omnibus hearing a couple of months ago, both of the assault counts were dismissed for a lack of probable cause.  Today, the jury trial resulted in not guilty verdicts on the two remaining counts of criminal sexual conduct; a complete victory for her client.  Congratulations to both to her client and Ms. Torgerson.  Excellent results.

Prosecutor’s Removal of Judge Reversed

Attorney Torgerson recently got a prosecutor’s removal of a judge reversed.  In September, Judge A was assigned to the case for the remainder of the proceedings.  Unbeknownst to Ms. Torgerson, the prosecutor, in an ex parte fashion, filed a notice of removal with the court, removing Judge A, but failed to serve Ms. Torgerson with said notice.  After much confusion, Ms. Torgerson discovered what the prosecutor had done.  Attorney Torgerson then brought a motion to vacate the removal of Judge A, because the Rule required the prosecutor to have served her with the notice of removal within 7 days of the original assignment.  The Court granted Attorney Torgerson’s motion, and vacated the removal of Judge A by the prosecutor.  Judge A has been reassigned to the case for all further proceedings.  Excellent.

Bench Warrants Quashed

To her client’s great benefit, Ms. Torgerson recently got two (2) bench warrants quashed.  The

client had missed two (2) court cases.  Ms. Torgerson was at the court house on another case, and

just happened to check up on her client’s case.  She learned that her client had missed two (2) dates.  With the help

of the prosecutor and the judge, the warrants were quashed.  Now her client does not have to turn himself into jail.

Excellent result for her client.

DWI Eliminated

In  a recent DWI case in the City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Ms. Torgerson was successful in completely eliminating the DWI from her client’s record.  In the criminal case, early on, the criminal DWI was dismissed at the arraignment.  Then, later, at the civil implied consent hearing, the Judge rescinded the revocation of the petitioner’s driving privileges.  Thus accomplishing the complete elimination of the the DWI from the client’s record.  Excellent results.

It should be pointed out, in every DWI there are actually two (2) cases.  There is the criminal case, that everyone knows about.  But there is also the civil implied consent case.  In order to completely eliminate the DWI from your record, you must be successful in the criminal case, and, initiate and win the civil implied consent case.  Most people are unaware of this second case.  If you fail to initiate this second, civil case within the requisite 30 days, even if you win in the criminal case, you still have the DWI on your record.  So, whenever you are charged with a DWI, you need to quickly retain an experienced criminal defense lawyer such as Ms. Torgerson, to ensure that your case is handled properly.