Overview

• The defense rested its case Friday after calling two witnesses and hearing Senator Mitchell testify for over five hours about her reasons for entering her stepmother’s home.
• Defense witnesses highlighted Mitchell’s longtime access to her late father’s property and her concerns about Carol Mitchell’s Alzheimer’s care.
• Prosecutors pointed to body-camera footage, a pry bar, all-black attire and a sock-covered flashlight as evidence of a planned break-in.
• In closing arguments, defense attorneys framed the entry as a family welfare check while the prosecution argued the tools and tactics showed premeditation.
• Jurors have begun deliberations on charges of first-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools, with a guilty verdict risking the DFL’s one-vote Senate majority.