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"full_text": "This matter came on before the undersigned judge on March 5, 2025, for an evidentiary hearing regarding Mr. Guertin’s competency. The hearing was held in-person at the Hennepin County Government Center in room C457.\n • Assistant Hennepin County Attorney Mawerdi Hamid appeared for the State.\n • Assistant Hennepin County Public Defenders Raissa Carpenter and Emmett Donnelly represented Mr. Guertin, who appeared out of custody.",
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"full_text": "At the hearing, the Court took judicial notice of Dr. Katheryn Cranbrook’s December 20, 2024, Examiner’s Report without objection from the parties and heard testimony from Mr. Guertin.[1]",
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"full_text": "Mr. Guertin uploaded several exhibits into MNCIS before the hearing. During his testimony, Mr. Guertin referenced several of these exhibits. During closing, the Defense informed the Court they would not be offering these exhibits outside of the testimony received at the hearing.",
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"full_text": "1. Mr. Guertin is charged with the following:\n • One count of Reckless Discharge of a Firearm within a Municipality (Felony) arising from an incident alleged to have occurred on January 21, 2023.\n • Three counts of Receiving/Possessing a Firearm with no Serial Number (Felony) arising from an incident alleged to have occurred on January 21, 2023.",
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"full_text": "2. On October 15, 2024, Judge Shereen Askalani ordered Mr. Guertin to undergo an Evaluation for Competency to Proceed pursuant to Rule 20.01 of the Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure to determine if he is competent to proceed to trial.",
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"full_text": "1. The Court’s findings are based on the information and opinions provided by Dr. Cranbrook in her Rule 20.01 Evaluation Report (“Report”) dated December 20, 2024, and on the testimony of Mr. Guertin at the hearing.",
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"full_text": "3. Mr. Guertin testified Netflix and Microsoft were involved in the theft of his patent, and these beliefs were not based in delusions.",
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"full_text": "3. While the Court has no basis upon which it can discount Mr. Guertin’s apparently credible testimony about his past professional career, he did attempt to inflate his past work by ascribing an “engineering” label to his work, although he acknowledged he was not educated or certified/licensed as an engineer.",
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"full_text": "3. Still, he appears to have extensive experience in his chosen work. The pride he has in his past work was discussed at great length in an apparent attempt to show his past evaluators improperly did not believe the reported work history was valid.",
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"full_text": "3. The Court believes his criticism of the past diagnoses misses the mark. While his work history may be beyond reproach, his claims that Netflix and Microsoft have engaged in theft of intellectual property does not appear to have support. His beliefs in that regard appear to be fantastical and paranoid.",
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"full_text": "4. Mr. Guertin also testified if he were to be found competent, he would not necessarily proceed to trial without an attorney since he has felony charges. He understands the nature of the charges against him. He understands the roles of the many parties. He understands the severity of the allegations against him. He understands the benefits of having counsel. He understands the nature of a trial, and the plea bargain process.",
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"full_text": "5. While this Court finds Mr. Guertin to be unsupported in his claims of corporate fraud against him and the foundation for the earlier incompetency findings against him, Mr. Guertin has demonstrated an understanding of Court processes and the charges he is facing, as well as the ability to consult with his counsel about his defense.",
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