State of Minnesota v. Kristyn Nicole Schouweiler

The majority holds that the bad check appellant sent to the county to pay her property taxes was to pay for goods or services provided in the past and therefore was a check “given for a past consideration,” as that term is used in MinmStat. § 609.535, subd, 2 (2014). I disagree with the majority’s interpretation. But even if the majority correctly interprets the statute, appellant did not send her check to *29pay for goods or services provided in the past; she sent the check to pay taxes. Accordingly, I dissent.

On February 24, 2015, appellant Rristyn Schouweiler wrote a check for nearly $2,000…