# Marcus Golden case *The St. Paul police killing of Marcus Golden and the 2015 Washington County grand jury decision not to charge.* The Marcus Golden case concerns the St. Paul police killing of Marcus Golden. A [[Washington County grand jury]] reviewed the killing and declined to charge. MPR News reported the outcome on May 21, 2015.[^1] In this wiki's at-issue record, the case is one of two entries on how Washington County handles cases that come to it from other jurisdictions. The record states that the Golden matter came to Washington County from Ramsey County.[^2] It treats the decision not to charge as an output of the referral system, not of one official's record.[^3] The record anchors that system to Minn. Stat. § 8.01[^2] and to a December 2020 communication from the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General.[^3] That reading is the project's own. The record does not establish the terms of the Golden referral or who made it. ## What MPR News reported that a Washington County grand jury reviewed the fatal shooting of Marcus Golden by St. Paul police officers. It reported that the grand jury returned no charges.[^1] The record does not carry the grand jury's findings, the names of the officers, or the referral document that brought the matter to Washington County. ## When MPR News reported the grand jury's decision on May 21, 2015.[^1] ## In the at-issue record The first entry (AI-Washington-037) sets the 2015 decision not to charge beside the project's claim about how the system works. In its words, the outcome describes "the referral system's output, not one man's record." Its primary anchor is the Attorney General's communication of December 2020. The record describes that communication as the primary record that "the arrangement was standing practice, not an exception."[^3] The second entry (AI-Washington-046) lists cases that, by the record's account, moved into or out of Washington County. Byron Smith came in from Morrison County. Daunte Wright came in from Hennepin County and later went to the Attorney General. Marcus Golden came in from Ramsey County. A county commissioner's assault case went out to Chisago County. An in-custody death went to Dakota County and to the Ramsey County [[medical examiner]].[^2] The record concludes: "Venue is the remedy Minnesota reaches for first." It anchors this to Minn. Stat. § 8.01, which it calls the codified permission for relocating a decision out of its own jurisdiction.[^2] The record does not carry the statute's text, so that description is the project's characterization of § 8.01, not a quotation from it. ## In the Minnesota record ### What - A Washington County grand jury reviewed the St. Paul police killing of Marcus Golden and declined to charge.[^1] - The at-issue record states that the matter came to Washington County from Ramsey County. It cites Minn. Stat. § 8.01 as the codified basis for such relocations.[^2] ### When - The grand jury's decision was reported on May 21, 2015.[^1] - The Attorney General communication that the at-issue record cites as its primary anchor is dated December 2020.[^3] ## Notes [^1]: MPR News, *report on the Washington County grand jury in the Marcus Golden shooting* (May 21, 2015). Reports that a Washington County grand jury declined to charge St. Paul officers in the fatal shooting of Marcus Golden. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/05/21/grand-jury-clears-st-paul-officers-in-fatal-shooting [^2]: Minnesota Revisor of Statutes, *Minn. Stat. § 8.01*. The statute the at-issue record (AI-Washington-046) cites as its anchor for relocating decisions out of their own jurisdiction. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/8.01 [^3]: Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, *communication on a police shooting* (December 2020). Cited by the at-issue record (AI-Washington-037) as the primary record of referral as standing practice. https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2020/12/04_PoliceShooting.asp