State of Minnesota v. Jaimiah Lamar Irby

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

Appellant Jaimiah Lamar Irby argues that he is entitled to a new trial because we found that the judge who presided over his conviction and sentencing, the Honorable Patricia Kerr Karasov, failed to reside in her judicial district from July 1, 2009, to September 30, 2009. Although this period of absence concluded before Irby’s trial began, Irby contends that Judge Karasov automatically forfeited her office under Minn.Stat. § 351.02(4) (2012) when she moved outside her district, and that she therefore lacked the authority to hear his case. Because we conclude that a…