 In an unrelated case before the trial, the Supreme Court of Minnesota ruled that "speech" that "enables" a suicide, standing alone, may constitute a crime under the Minnesota law.On May 14, 2015, a jury convicted Final Exit Network Inc. of assisting Doreen Dunn's suicide by "speech" that "enabled" the suicide and interfering with the death scene.It marked the first felony conviction against the organization or its personnel and the first time a jury had ever rendered a guilty verdict of any type against the organization or its personnel.