Legal Opinion

State v. Watkins

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 4, 2013No. A11-1793PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DIETZEN, Justice.

Hennepin County District Court issued a domestic abuse no-contact order (DAN-CO) that prohibited respondent George Cornelius Watkins from having contact with his girlfriend. After Watkins allegedly contacted his girlfriend on two separate occasions, the State charged him pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 629.75, subd. 2(d)(1) (2012), with felony violations of the DANCO. A Hennepin County jury found Watkins guilty as charged. The district court entered judgment of conviction, imposed an aggregate sentence of 44 months and a day in prison, and issued a 5-year DAN-CO. The court of…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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  3. Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Neder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  5. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997

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3Cited by26 opinions

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