Legal Opinion
Matter of Knops
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 25, 1995No. C8-94-1309PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TOMLJANOVICH, Justice.
Dirk Knops was charged with criminal sexual conduct in the first degree for the molestation of a four-year-old girl, K.B. The court-appointed psychiatrist opined and the trial judge found that Knops was mentally ill and incapable of participating in the proceedings. Knops was then referred for commitment proceedings pursuant to Minn. R.Crim.P. 20.01. At those proceedings, the trial court found that Knops was mentally ill and that he committed an overt act by digitally penetrating K.B., thus, the trial court committed Knops as mentally ill and dangerous (MID).
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jarvis v. LevineSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- DeMars v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
- In Re the Alleged Psychopathic Personality of JoelsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- Johnson v. NootSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- In Re the Guardianship of MikulanecSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Jasper v. Commissioner of Public SafetySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
- In re the Civil Commitment of InceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2014
- In Re ThulinCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2003
- In Re the Civil Commitment of RameyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2002
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