Legal Question in Criminal Law in Minnesota

Re: state law

Your question lacks detail and context. Suffice it to say for now that there are at least two ways a Minnesota state court could potentially use prior federal convictions of a defendant. One common way would be as "prior bad acts" evidence under the Rules of Criminal Procedure. Another way would be "charge enhancement" and-or "criminal history score" calculation, plus perhaps as a trigger for potential statutory "mandatory minimum" sentencing provisions. There are other possibilities as well.