Legal Opinion
State of Minnesota v. Final Exit Network, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided December 19, 2016No. A15-1826PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SMITH, TRACY M., Judge
Appellant Final Exit Network, Inc. (Final Exit) appeals its conviction of assisting in a suicide. Final Exit argues that Minn. Stat. § 609.215, subd. 1 (2014), which makes it a crime for a person to intentionally assist another in taking the other’s life, is facially unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Final Exit also asserts an as-applied challenge to the jury instructions and to the application of the statute to the facts of this case. Because we conclude that the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision in Melchert-Dinkel, 844 N.W.2d at 13, bars Final Exit’s…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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