A lot of eyes on this case. The judge will have to dig deep to justify straying from the presumptive sentencing.
"Noor’s sentencing is set for Friday, June 7. According to the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines, Noor’s presumptive sentence will be between 10.5 and 15 years in prison. If Judge Quaintance goes below that, she will have to lay out her reasoning, because it would be a departure from the guidelines.
"..Judge Quaintance is a former prosecutor; her rulings at trial tended to favor the prosecution. The defense sought to introduce evidence of the effects of “trauma” on the perception of Officers Harrity and Noor. She demanded that such testimony be based on psychological expertise, for example, and kept excluding it as the defense tried to work around her ruling. She is an excellent trial judge.My quotes are from the excellent PowerLine Blog reporting.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/05/notes-on-the-noor-trial.php