Legal Opinion
In Re the Welfare of D.L.K.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 14, 1986No. CX-84-1181PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAHL, Justice.
D.L.K., a 14-year-old juvenile, came up behind a female classmate at school, tapped her on the shoulder and, when she turned around, grabbed and pinched her breast hard enough to cause pain. The Carlton County Court held this conduct constituted criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.345(c) (1984) and by reason of this violation adjudicated D.L.K. a delinquent. 1 D.L.K. appealed. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding there had been sexual contact but the sexual contact had not been accomplished by use of force as required by the statute.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. BrouilletteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
- State v. StufflebeanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
- State v. MattsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- In re the Welfare of D.L.K.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1985
3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. LeakeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005
- People v. PattersonMichigan Supreme Court · 1987
- State v. MiddletonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- United States v. Rosas-PulidoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
- State v. WhitleyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2002
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