State v. Paige

SCOTT, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered by the Cass County District Court. The jury found the defendant guilty of possession of a handgun in a public place without a permit, in violation of Minn.St. 624.714, subd. 1. We reverse.

On November 16, 1975, state’s witnesses Michael Lago, Patrick O’Neill, and Jeff Johnson left a nightclub-restaurant known as “R. C.’s” in Federal Dam, Minnesota, at approximately the same time. Lago headed for his car while O’Neill and Johnson began to walk home. Defendant Paige came out of R. C.’s, referred to Lago as a “longhair,” and…