State v. Toole
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Clay county for the crime of selling intoxicating liquor to a minor, tried in the district court for that county before Nye, J., and a jury who disagreed, and the case was certified to this court under G. S. 1913, § 9251.
1Per curiam
Defendant was indicted on the charge of selling liquor to a minor. He was tried and the jury disagreed. Thereupon the trial court, proceeding under G. S. 1913, § 9251, certified to this court certain questions of law arising upon rulings made during the course of the trial and upon portions of the charge to the jury, and requested the opinion of this court upon said questions.
This proceeding is purely statutory. If the proceeding is not one within the statute, no jurisdiction is conferred upon this court. The statute provides for certifying to this court questions arising “upon the trial of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. BillingsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. BristolSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
- State v. WellmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919