DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (FOX 9) - Former Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell will be sentenced on Tuesday for her burglary conviction after she broke into her stepmother's home in Detroit Lakes.

Nicole Mitchell faces sentencing

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A jury found Mitchell guilty of first-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools after a week-long trial in July. Mitchell's sentencing is scheduled for 9 a.m. in Becker County.

Mitchell faces a minimum of six months in jail or workhouse, but her defense team is requesting a lighter sentence and asking that she serve out her sentence in Ramsey County. The defense is also asking that her felony convictions be reduced to misdemeanors, and they are disputing the $23,585 in restitution.

However, the prosecution says Mitchell should serve out her sen

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