Legal Opinion

State v. Holiday

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided October 6, 1998No. C1-98-12Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge.

Appellant Corey Holiday was convicted of misdemeanor trespassing in violation of Minneapolis, Minn., Code of Ordinances § 385.380. Because we conclude the ordinance requires a narrow construction that does not cover Holiday’s conduct, we reverse the conviction.

FACTS

Holiday was tab charged with violating the trespass ordinance on August 5, 1997. Four days earlier, on August 1, Minneapolis police had given Holiday a Trespass Warning Form for trespassing at 1184 Fourth Avenue, part of the Rowhouse Projects, a public housing project owned by the Minneapolis Public Housing…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Roberts v. United States JayceesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. United States Postal Service v. Council of Greenburgh Civic AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. State v. MurphySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
  5. State v. MacHholzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998

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