State v. Secrest

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

The trial court determined that a conviction in Washington County of engaging in sexual contact “on numerous occasions between September 9, 1983 and April 22, 1986” in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.345, subd. 1(b) (1986) did not bar a prosecution by Mille Lacs County for violation of the same statute with the same person in Mille Lacs County on December 26, 1985. After initially denying certification requests the trial court, continuing to answer the question in the negative, certified it under Minn. R.Crim. P. 28.03 (1986).

FACTS

In November 1986 Thomas Secrest was…