Legal Opinion

Matter of Welfare of Burns

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided June 22, 1979No. 49467PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Hennepin County District Court, Juvenile Division, determining after a hearing that appellant, a 17-year-old juvenile, assaulted two police officers and interfered with them in the performance of their official duties. Appellant contends that his conduct was justified as being a reasonable response to an illegal search by St. Louis Park Police Officers conducting an investigation of an automobile accident in which he was involved. We hold otherwise and affirm.

The accident rendered appellant’s automobile inoperable. Since the vehicle was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. HoaglandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. William C. Wardlaw v. William R. Pickett, Deputy United States MarshalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1993
  2. State v. WiegmannCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1998
  3. State v. ValentineWashington Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Commonwealth v. MoreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  5. State v. GardinerUtah Supreme Court · 1991

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