Legal Opinion
In Re the Welfare of S.M.J.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided December 3, 1996No. C3-96-640PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
The district court adjudicated S.M.J. delinquent for violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.2231, subd. 4 (1994), assault motivated by racial bias. S.M.J. challenges the adjudication, asserting that the evidence was insufficient to prove that he assaulted the victim “because of’ the victim’s race, as required by the statute. We affirm.
FACTS
Anoka County filed a delinquency petition alleging that sixteen-year-old S.M.J. committed an assault motivated by bias in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.2231, subd. 4. The petition was based on an incident initially reported as a property damage…
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