MN Supreme Court appeal delays Deshaun Hill retrial
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to allow use of a videotaped, post-Miranda interrogation of Cody Fohrenkam in the 2022 killing of Minneapolis North High student Deshaun Hill Jr., delaying a retrial that was set to begin next week. The Court of Appeals overturned Fohrenkam’s prior conviction and suppressed the interview as the product of unlawful detention; prosecutors now seek high‑court review to admit the video at the new trial.
📌 Key Facts
- Hennepin County prosecutors filed an appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court over admissibility of a police interrogation video.
- The Minnesota Court of Appeals overturned the conviction and ordered a new trial without the video, finding the detention unlawful.
- The retrial is now delayed; no new trial date has been set.
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