Legal Opinion

State v. Dombroski

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided March 26, 1920No. 21,744PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of St. Louis county charged with the crime of rapg, tried in the district court for that county before Hughes, J., and a jury, and foundjjuilty of the crime charged in the indictment. Defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied, and judgment entered in accordance with the verdict and sentence. At the request of defendant the case was certified to the supreme court.

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.

Defendant was convicted in the district court of St. Louis county of *279the crime of rape and at his instance the cause was certified to this court for the determination of certain questions of law.

The indictment was found under the provisions of section 8655, subd. 1, G-. S. 1913, wherein it is provided that |my person who shall perpetrate an act of carnal intercourse with a female of ten years _or unwards, not his wife, when through idiocy, imbecility or unsoundness of mind she is incapable of giving her consent, shall be guilty of the crime of rape and punished accordingly."^ At the trial the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Shevlin-Carpenter Co. v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  2. People v. . WernerNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  3. Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
  4. State v. MoilenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
  5. State v. Shevlin-Carpenter Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. MeyerWashington Supreme Court · 1951
  2. State v. LogeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2000
  3. State v. Lanesboro Produce & Hatchery Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
  4. State v. MorseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1968
  5. State v. ProkoschSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922

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