State v. Zimmerman

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Defendant appeals a conviction for possession of cocaine, Minn.Stat. § 152.09(1)(2) (1982), a felony offense under § 152.15(2) (1982). She claims the charge was illegal since she was charged and convicted earlier for another offense occurring at the same time, possession of marijuana, also a violation of § 152.09(1)(2), and a misdemeanor due to occurrence in a motor vehicle. Minn.Stat. § 152.15(2)(5) (1982). Conviction for one offense is a “bar to prosecution” for others that are part of the same “conduct.” Minn.Stat. § 609.035 (Supp.1983).

The state claims the two…