By Eric Magnuson
I had my column for this month already written, and ready to submit for publication when the Minnesota Court of Appeals handed down its decision in State v. Chauvin, No. A21-0201. My planned column also dealt in part with an appeal in the Chauvin case, one in which the State was trying to appeal an order denying a continuance and severing Chauvin's trial from the trial of the other defendants. The topic was appellate jurisdiction, and the discussion largely focused on a recent 8th Circuit decision addressing jurisdiction (or the lack of thereof) sua sponte.