Legal Opinion
Matter of Martenies
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided June 26, 1984No. C6-84-433PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUSPENI, Judge.
Martenies appeals the February 10,1984, order of the trial court committing him to St. Peter State Security Hospital as a psychopathic personality. The State intervenes on the issue of the constitutionality of Minn.Stat. § 526.09 (1982). We affirm.
FACTS
Martenies has a long history of sexual, sadistic, and aggressive behavior. Testimony at the commitment hearing detailed abuse of his seven-year old stepdaughter, a nine-year old niece, his wife, and the rape of an unrelated thirteen-year old girl.
Martenies pled guilty to and was sentenced for intrafamilial sexual abuse in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto Parts Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Minnesota Ex Rel. Pearson v. Probate Court of Ramsey CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- State Ex Rel. Pearson v. Probate CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
- Lausche v. Commissioner of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
- State v. PietraszewskiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
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3Cited by21 opinions
- In Re IrwinCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1995
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- Matter of PirklCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1995
- In Re BlodgettCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1992
- Koelln v. Nexus Residential Treatment FacilityCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1993
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