State v. Dokken

OPINION

SHERAN, Chief Justice.

The narrow issue presented by this appeal is whether the evidence of defendant Anthony Dokken’s activities is legally sufficient to sustain a jury’s verdict finding defendant guilty of false imprisonment as defined in Minn.Stat. § 609.255 (1980). Because the evidence of the central element of defendant Dokken’s specific intent to confine or restrain his alleged victim is insufficient as a matter of law, we are constrained to reverse defendant’s conviction.

When reviewing a conviction on the asserted ground of insufficiency of the evidence, the standards to be…