Legal Opinion
State v. Poague
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided October 28, 1955No. 36,676PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dell, Chief Justice.
Defendant was convicted in the municipal court of the city of Minneapolis of violating an ordinance of said city enacted for the purpose of restraining and punishing prostitutes. 2 She appeals from the judgment of conviction and also from the order denying her a new trial.
Defendant is a married woman, 40 years of age, and the mother of three young children. For five years prior to the trial she was employed as a bookkeeper at a beauty shop in downtown Minneapolis. Besides working as a bookkeeper, after 6 p. m. she operated a “Date and Escort Club” on the second floor of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Newman v. StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1924
- People v. SmithMichigan Supreme Court · 1941
- State v. McCornishUtah Supreme Court · 1921
- People v. PhillipsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1945
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. OlkonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- State v. GrilliSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
- State v. CariagaIdaho Supreme Court · 1974
- State v. BeltowskiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1968
- State v. KetterCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1985
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