Legal Opinion
State v. Tomlin
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 22, 2001No. CO-99-920PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILBERT, Justice.
Kevin Lee Tomlin, a city of Duluth police officer, was convicted of obstruction of legal process under Minn.Stat. § 609.50, subd. 1(2) (1996). 1 Tomlin lied to police to cover up for his Mends who were involved in a hit-and-run accident. Tomlin was charged with and a jury found him guilty of obstruction of legal process in violation of MinmStat. § 609.50, subd. 1. The court of appeals reversed the conviction holding that Tomlin’s actions did not physically obstruct the officers as required by State v. Krawsky, 426 N.W.2d 875 (Minn.1988) and, therefore, there was not…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- City of Houston v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- State v. WebbSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
- State v. KrawskySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- Baker v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
- State v. TomlinCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2000
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