Legal Opinion
State of Minnesota v. Christopher Thomas Wenthe
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided June 24, 2015No. A12-263PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, Justice.
Respondent Christopher Thomas Wenthe was convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, . Minn.Stat. § 609.344, subd. 1 (l )(i) (2014), for sexually penetrating A.F. — a member of the parish where Wenthe served as a priest — at a single meeting at which A.F. sought spiritual counsel. Appellant State of Minnesota seeks review of three issues: (1) whether the district court committed plain error affecting Wenthe’s substantial rights by failing to provide a specific-unanimity jury instruction; (2) whether the State was required to prove that Wenthe had knowledge that…
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