Legal Opinion
State v. MacHholz
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided June 11, 1997No. CX-96-1865PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLAPHAKE, Judge.
This appeal is from a pretrial order dismissing a complaint charging respondent Kurtis Machholz with felony harassment. See Minn.Stat. § 609.749, subds. 2(7), 3(1) (1996).
FACTS
Machholz was charged with felony harassment for disrupting a gay rally in Rochester celebrating “National Coming Out Day.” The complaint alleged that Machholz rode his horse through the group several times, swung the horse’s reins forcing people to move away, knocked down the group’s sign, and yelled various accusations at the group.
Machholz went to the police station the day after the incident to…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. MacHholzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
- In Re the Welfare of M.A.H.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997