Overview

• The sentencing hearing is scheduled for Tuesday morning in Detroit Lakes, with outlets listing either 9 a.m. or 10 a.m.
• A jury in July convicted Mitchell of first-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools for entering her stepmother’s home on April 22, 2024.
• Defense filings ask the judge to reduce the felony counts to misdemeanors, impose a lighter sentence, allow confinement in Ramsey County, and reject $23,585 in restitution.
• Prosecutors are seeking a six-month stay in the Becker County Jail and, in their filing, faulted Mitchell for delaying her resignation and not acknowledging wrongdoing.
• Mitchell resigned from the Minnesota Senate after the verdict; a special election to fill her District 47 seat is set for Nov. 4, with Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Dwight Dorau advancing from the Aug. 26 primary.