Legal Opinion
State v. Bauer
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided September 5, 1980No. 50128PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YETKA, Justice.
Defendant Bauer, against whom an indictment for murder arising out of a 1972 shooting incident is pending, has been found incompetent to stand trial for over 3½ years. On February 29,1979, the Hennepin County Public Defender moved, on Bauer’s behalf, to dismiss the indictment. The Hennepin County District Court certified to this court the question of whether the motion for dismissal should be granted. We answer the question in the negative.
Defendant Bauer has a history of mental illness dating back to his 1944 military discharge by reason of such illness. Early in 1972, the…
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