Legal Opinion
State v. Leathers
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 20, 2011No. Nos. A09-0926, A09-0934PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MEYER, Justice.
Steven Dale Leathers was convicted of five counts of first-degree assault against a peace officer, Minn.Stat. § 609.221, subd. 2(a) (2010) (prohibiting a person from assaulting a peace officer by using or attempting to use deadly force while the officer is engaged in a lawful duty), arising out of an October 20, 2006, incident involving five law enforcement officers. The district court imposed concurrent sentences totaling 189 months with eligibility for supervised release after 126 months in prison. Leathers appealed his conviction. The State appealed the sentence,…
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