Legal Opinion
State v. Ndikum
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 11, 2012No. A10-1728PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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MEYER, Justice.
We are asked to decide whether knowledge of possession of a pistol is an element of the crime of possession of a pistol in public, Minn.Stat. § 624.714, subd. la (2010). Respondent Christian Chi Ndikum was charged with possession of a pistol in public after he carried a briefcase containing a gun into a courthouse. At trial, Ndikum argued that he did not know the gun was in his briefcase. Ndikum requested that the district court instruct the jury that knowledge of possession is an element of the crime of possession of a pistol in public that the State must prove. The…
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