Legal Opinion

State v. Sahr

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided April 25, 2012No. A10-0074PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

In May 2008, respondent State of Minnesota charged then 29-year-old appellant Michael William Sahr with first-degree criminal sexual conduct, in violation of Minn-Stat. § 609.342, subd. 1(a) (2010) (prohibiting a defendant from engaging in “sexual contact with a person under 13 years of age”1 when the defendant is more than 36 months older than the person), arising out of conduct involving his then 8-year-old niece. The complaint alleged that-Sahr had sexually assaulted his niece by touching and rubbing her bare vaginal area. After the jury was impaneled and sworn,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Sanabria v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Lee v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. State v. LargeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2000
  5. State v. HartSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State of Minnesota v. Jerry Expose, Jr.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2015
  2. State v. PassSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2013
  3. Danna Rochelle Back v. State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2016
  4. State v. BerryCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2016
  5. Danna Rochelle Back v. State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2016

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