The conviction of Ahmed Sule for a sexual assault on an elderly man in his Fridley home will stand, after a Minnesota Court of Appeals opinion issued Monday.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported:

The conviction of a Fridley man accused of sexually assaulting a legally blind elderly man was affirmed on appeal.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled the Anoka County District Court did not err when it denied Ahmed Sule's motion to suppress DNA evidence during his trial or when it required Sule to wear a rack belt to restrain him during the proceedings, according to an unpublished written opinion released by the court Monday, Jan. 28.

Sule, 26, was sentenced in district court Dec. 2, 2011 to nearly 30 years in prison for the 2010 offense, which took place at the elderly man's Fridley home.

Read the Court of Appeal's opinion online here by clicking on the PDF thumbnail included with this post, or download it from the court's website.

Related posts at Fridley Patch (in reverse chronological order):

• Prosecutor, Fridley Police Comment on Sule Sentence
• Ahmed Sule Gets 28 Years for Fridley Sex Assault on Elderly Man
• Jury Finds Aggravating Factors in Fridley Sex-Assault Case
• Sule Breaks Down; Judge Orders New Competency Exam
• Sule Guilty on 5 Counts in Fridley Sex Assault
• LINK: At Ahmed Sule Trial, Video of Deceased Accuser
• New Charges Say Cigarette Butts Tie Sule to Sex Attack on Man, 84
• Document: Ahmed Sule Faces New Burglary Charge