A 38-year-old Blue Earth woman has lost an appeal to overturn her perjury conviction related to the 2017 assault of a Blue Earth Area football player. Allison Ann Mastin was accused of lying during a July 2018 omnibus hearing for Wyatt Tungland, a teen involved in the assault of a teammate at another player’s house […]
Continue ReadingA Blue Earth woman is appealing her conviction of perjury to the Minnesota Courts of Appeals. Gary Gittus, an attorney for Allison Ann Mastin, filed an appeal with the state’s Appellate Court on June 7. Mastin was found guilty of perjury by a 12-member jury last January but was acquitted of aiding an offender — […]
Continue ReadingThere will not be a new trial for a 37-year-old Blue Earth woman convicted of perjury. Instead, she’ll be doing some jail time. Judge Troy Timmerman sentenced Allison Ann Mastin to 30 days in the Faribault County Jail after denying attorney Gary Gittus’s motion for a new trial at a hearing held March 9. Mastin […]
Continue ReadingAnother attorney says the Faribault County Attorney’s Office acted improperly by interviewing his client without permission. “I am flabbergasted and incensed. I object to my client being forced to testify without the advice of his counsel at that interview and trial,” says Chris Ritts, an attorney for Wyatt Tungland. In an affidavit filed in Faribault […]
Continue ReadingAn attorney for a Blue Earth woman convicted of perjury last month is seeking a new trial claiming his client’s constitutional rights were violated and there was prosecutorial misconduct. Allison Ann Mastin, 37, was convicted of perjury following a two-day trial that began on Jan. 23. In court papers filed on Feb.7 in Faribault County […]
Continue ReadingThe start of Day 2 in the two-day jury trial of a Blue Earth woman charged with perjury had to be delayed because the defendant was a no-show. According to court records, Allison Ann Mastin, 37, was arrested Thursday night reportedly for domestic assault and spent the night in Faribault County Jail. “She was booked […]
Continue ReadingA Faribault County judge says “rumor evidence” cannot be used in the jury trial of a Blue Earth woman charged with perjury. “All social media and texts are suppressed, including newspaper accounts,” says defense attorney Gary Gittus. “He reserved any ruling on whether the proper foundation can be laid for her daughter’s notes and texts.” […]
Continue ReadingA Blue Earth woman will stand trial next year on two felony charges related to the October 2017 assault of a former Blue Earth Area football player. Allison Ann Mastin, 37, has pleaded not guilty to perjury and aiding an offender by obstructing an investigation. Mastin’s attorney, Gary Gittus of Rochester, says he was not […]
Continue ReadingA 37-year-old Blue Earth woman will face two felony counts related to the October 2017 assault of a former Blue Earth Area football player. Judge Troy Timmerman has signed a five-page order denying Allison Ann Mastin’s attorney — Gary Gittus of Rochester — motion to dismiss perjury and aiding an offender by obstructing an investigation […]
Continue ReadingAn attorney for a woman accused of lying during a hearing for a teen charged in the assault of a former Blue Earth Area football player is now requesting a contested omnibus hearing. An omnibus hearing scheduled March 4 was canceled and now Gary Gittus has asked court officials to set aside one hour for […]
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