State v. Mayhood

In these two cases, which we decide together, the state appeals from pretrial orders of the Itasca County District Court dismissing for lack of probable cause prosecutions against two separate defendants for the offense of intentional damage to property, Minn. St. 609.595, subd. (3)- 1 In each case the property damaged was property owned by the defendant’s wife. In the Cris-man case the parties apparently were not separated at the time, whereas in Mayhood the parties were separated but not under any judicial decree. The issue raised on appeal in both cases is whether the district court erred…