Legal Opinion
In Re Linehan
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 27, 1999No. C1-95-2022, C3-96-511PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BLATZ, C.J.
In this remand from the United States Supreme Court, appellant Dennis Darol *869Linehan contends that the Minnesota Sexually Dangerous Person Act (SDP Act), Minn.Stat. § 253B.02, subd. 18c (1998), is unconstitutional on substantive and procedural due process grounds. He also argues that the SDP Act violates the ban on double jeopardy and ex post facto laws. We again address appellant’s constitutional challenges to the SDP Act.
In order to adequately address appellant’s contentions, we must first detail his extensive history of harmful sexual conduct. Appellant was sexually and…
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