Legal Opinion
State v. Christie
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided February 25, 1993No. C5-92-968PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FORSBERG, Presiding Judge.
This appeal challenges the constitutionality of the patterned sex offender statute. We affirm the district court and find the statute permissible under the Minnesota and United States Constitutions.
FACTS
Appellant Robert Frank Christie pled guilty to one count of burglary in the first degree in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.582, subd. 1(c) (1988) for burglarizing the home of a Fergus Falls couple. In the evening, of March 30, 1990, while the husband was sleeping, his wife returned home from the grocery store. She was in the bathroom preparing to take a bath…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- McMillan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Specht v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Sartori v. Harnischfeger Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. ChristieSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1993
- State v. KimmonsCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1993
- State v. WardWisconsin Supreme Court · 2000
- State v. WardWisconsin Supreme Court · 2000