Legal Opinion
Coker v. Jesson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 1, 2013No. A11-1817PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILDEA, Chief Justice.
In this appeal, appellant Christopher R. Coker challenges the denial of his petition for provisional discharge from civil commitment. Coker was indeterminately committed in 2000 as a Sexually Dangerous Person as a result of a series of sex offenses involving 15 to 17-year-old girls. Coker petitioned for provisional discharge from civil commitment. After weighing the evidence presented by Coker and respondent Commissioner of Human Services at the first-phase hearing, the Supreme Court Judicial Appeal Panel (“Appeal Panel”) dismissed Coker’s petition under Minn. R. Civ. P.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Kansas v. HendricksSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Henderson v. ShinsekiSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- In Re BlodgettSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1994
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Larson v. JessonCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2014
- In re PooleCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2018
- Christopher R. Coker, (A15-1439, A15-1445), (A15-1606) v. Emily Johnson Piper, Commissioner of Human Services, (A15-1439), (A15-1606), Hennepin County, (A15-1445).Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2016
- Dakota County Anderson, J. ConState of Minnesota v. Gabriel Alfonso Sanchez CruzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2023
- In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Kenneth Steven DaywittCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2024
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