Legal Opinion

State v. Nordstrom

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided March 25, 1983No. C0-82-1069PublishedCited by 78 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WAHL, Justice.

The legislature, in 1982, enacted certain amendments to the DWI statute, Minn.Stat. § 169.121 (1982), which authorize the arrest of DWI suspects on probable cause and convert misdemeanor DWI offenses to gross misdemeanor DWI offenses in certain cases. 1 In this case, defendant having challenged those provisions, the Olmsted County District Court has certified to this court two questions as follows:

1. Does 1982 Minn.Laws, ch. 423, § 4, 2 violate the individual’s right to counsel, protected by the United States Constitution, the Minnesota Constitution, or Minnesota Statutes, when…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Scott v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by78 opinions

  1. State v. OrrNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
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  4. People v. LeshSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
  5. State v. BerkelmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984

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