Legal Opinion
State v. Cassidy
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 14, 1997No. C2-95-831PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAGE, Justice.
On January 19, 1995, Derek Jay Cassidy was convicted by a Marshall County jury of the crime of transporting unstamped packages of cigarettes in violation of Minn.Stat. § 297.11, subd. 5 (1996). Cassidy’s trial1 commenced on January 18, 1995, and was scheduled to last two days. On the morning of the second day, Cassidy failed to appear. He did, however, call the court and indicate that he had been unable to get a ride back to the trial and was stranded on the Roseau River Indian Reservation in Canada, where his home was located. The trial proceeded in his absence and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- United States v. GagnonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by23 opinions
- State v. WorthySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
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- State v. GillamSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2001
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
- State v. AthertonCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2001
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