Legal Opinion
State v. Hanson
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided August 25, 1998No. C6-98-636PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAROLD W. SCHULTZ, Judge. **
The state appeals a pretrial order dismissing an enhanced charge of felony fifth-degree assault, Minn.Stat. § 609.224, subd. 4(b) (1996), which requires two or more prior violent assault convictions within three years. Because the plain language of the statute does not require specific sequencing of prior convictions, the enhanced felony charge applies to respondent James Dana Hanson, whose two prior assault convictions occurred on the same day. We reverse and remand.
FACTS
On March 29, 1996, Hanson pleaded guilty to two fifth-degree misdemeanor domestic…
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