Legal Opinion
State v. Coolidge
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided June 15, 1979No. 48025PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YETKA, Justice.
This is an appeal by defendant from a conviction on March 3,1977, for committing sodomy upon a 16-year-old child, in violation of Minn.St.1976, § 609.293, subds. 1 and 4(3), as found by a jury in St. Louis County District Court. We affirm, but reduce the sentence to time served.
The issues presented on this appeal are:
1. Was Minn.St.1976, § 609.293, subd. 4, under which defendant was convicted, repealed by implication by the criminal sexual conduct statutes enacted in 1975? Did conviction under the 10-year penal provision deny defendant equal protection and result in excessive…
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