Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 25, 1994No. C8-92-1404PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WAHL, Justice.
The question raised by this appeal is whether the certification process by which a misdemeanor offense is treated as a petty misdemeanor is a matter of procedural law governed by Rule 23.04, Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, which requires the defendant’s consent, or a matter of substantive law governed by Minnesota Statutes, § 609.-131, subd. 1 (1992), which requires the approval of the court but not the consent of the defendant. The trial court and the court of appeals held the certification of a misdemeanor as a petty misdemeanor to be a matter of substantive law…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Sibbach v. Wilson & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- State v. OlsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- Meister v. Western National Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
- State v. WillisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
- Sharood v. HatfieldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
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3Cited by67 opinions
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