State v. BRIARD

OPINION

CONNOLLY, Judge.

Defendant was charged with six counts of felony criminal contempt in violation of Minn.Stat. § 588.20, subd. 1 (2008) for allegedly willfully failing to appear as a witness in her husband’s criminal trial. In this certified-question appeal, defendant challenges service of process of the subpoenas compelling her testimony. After modifying the certified questions to omit extraneous factual information, we answer them both in the negative.

FACTS

Defendant Virginia Juanita Briard and her husband Robert Briard live at 38501 County Highway 56 in Frazee, which is a hog farm…