Legal Opinion
State of Minnesota v. Renee Anita Vasko
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 18, 2017No. A15-1172PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHUTICH, Justice.
Respondent Renee Anita Vasko was convicted of a petty misdemeanor for violating Lester Prairie Municipal Code (“LPMC”) section 5.5.1.2 (2014), which prohibits keeping certain causes of blight on a person’s property. A divided panel of the court of appeals reversed. State v. Vasko, No. 15-1172, 2016 WL 1551666, at *2 (MinnApp. Apr. 18, 2016). The court of appeals held that the Lester Prairie ordinance was ambiguous and resolved the ambiguity in favor of Vasko. Under its interpretation of the ordinance, the court of appeals concluded that the State did not present…
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