Legal Opinion

State v. Robinson

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided June 10, 1994No. C4-93-115PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SIMONETT, Justice.

We reverse defendant’s conviction for selling 10 grams or more of a cocaine mixture because the proof fails to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the total weight of the mixture was 10 grams or more. We remand for resentencing for a second degree offense of selling a mixture of a lesser weight (3 grams or more); and we affirm the trial court’s instruction on constructive possession.

The morning of January 20, 1992, at about 3:30 a.m., after observing a group of men loitering in a parking lot behind an apartment building, the police stopped a car that left the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. FlorineSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
  2. State v. LaBarreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972
  3. State v. VailSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
  4. People v. KaludisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
  5. State v. EwingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1957

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. MunsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
  2. Shields v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
  4. State v. OlhausenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
  5. State of Minnesota v. Tommy Salyers, IIISupreme Court of Minnesota · 2015

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