Minn. Court of Appeals denies request for grand jury transcript in Montevideo murder

Minn. Court of Appeals denies request for grand jury transcript in Montevideo murder

MONTEVIDEO — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling denying a request for grand jury transcripts from a man serving a life sentence for a brutal murder in Montevideo in 2002. James Milton Jemming, 43, filed a motion in May 2025 requesting grand jury transcripts because they might show that his indictment for first-degree murder was invalid due to jury instructions, according to a Court of Appeals order issued Jan. 12. I…