Legal Opinion
State v. Loge
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 2, 2000No. C9-98-842PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILBERT, Justice.
This case presents the question of whether knowledge is an element of the crime under the open bottle law when the driver is the sole occupant of a motor vehicle. Appellant Steven Mark Loge was cited on September 2, 1997, for a violation of Minn.Stat. § 169.122, subd. 8 (1998), which makes it unlawful for the driver of a motor vehicle, when the owner is not present, “to keep or allow to be kept in a motor vehicle when such vehicle is upon the public highway any bottle or receptacle containing intoxicating liquors or 8.2 percent malt liquors which has been opened.”…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- State v. OrselloSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
- State v. ZacherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1993
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