Legal Opinion

In re the Welfare of B.A.H.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided April 22, 2013No. A12-1347PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TOUSSAINT, Judge.*

On appeal from the order adjudicating him delinquent, appellant argues that, as applied to him, a boy under age 16 who engaged in sexual penetration with his first cousin, also a boy under age 16, Minn. Stat. § 609.342, subd. 1(g) (2010), violates due process because it encourages arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement and it violates equal protection when only appellant was prosecuted, even though both boys committed first-degree criminal-sexu*434al conduct. Because we find that prosecution of appellant under Minn.Stat. § 609.842, subd. 1(g), violated his rights to due…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Thiele v. StichSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
  5. Giaccio v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re the Welfare of B.A.H.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2014

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