State v. Williams

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

The trial court found that both appellants violated Minn.Stat. § 169.06, subd. 4 by turning their taxicabs from 7th Street onto Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, where NO TURNS signs are prominently posted. Appellants contend that the state introduced insufficient evidence the signs were official traffic control devices. They also assert their conduct was governed only by Minneapolis ordinances, not Minnesota statutes, and that Minneapolis ordinances do not prohibit turns by taxicabs onto Nicollet Mall. We affirm.

FACTS

On October 8, 1986, Minneapolis Sergeant O’Brien stopped…