Legal Opinion

State v. Serna

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided March 14, 1980No. 49725PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OTIS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.342(a) (1978), sexual penetration of a complainant who is under thirteen years of age by a defendant who is more than thirty-six months older than complainant. We affirm.

On the evening of August 7, 1978, defendant, then twenty-eight, picked up three young children, a boy and two girls, who were living in the apartment building in which he was staying. He drove them to an area near the Mississippi River and to a park near the school which the girls attended. While at…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Cardwell v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Mancusi v. StubbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. State v. BeckSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. United States v. Cyrus Jonathan GeorgeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
  2. State v. CermakSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
  3. State v. JobeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
  4. State v. McAdooSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
  5. State v. BellottiCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1986

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