Legal Opinion
Dereje v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided October 9, 2013No. A11-1147PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, Justice.
Respondent Tsige Abebaw Dereje was convicted of criminal sexual conduct in the fifth degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.3451, subd. 1(1) (2012), stemming from an incident in which he groped the victim, S.J., while she was a passenger in his taxi. Dereje and the prosecutor agreed to conduct a trial on stipulated facts pursuant to Minn. R.Crim. P. 26.01, subd. 3, and Dereje waived all trial rights. The parties jointly submitted the complaint and police reports containing both Dereje’s and the victim’s versions of events to the district court, which found Dereje guilty. On…
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