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State v. Duncan

Supreme Court of Minnesota
Mar 5, 1982
316 N.W.2d 518 (Minn. 1982)

Opinion

No. 81-570.

March 5, 1982.

Appeal from the District Court, St. Louis County, Charles T. Barnes, J.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Gary Hansen and Richard D. Hodsdon, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, Alan Mitchell, County Atty., Duluth, for plaintiff.

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, and Mollie G. Raskind, Deputy Public Defender, Minneapolis, for defendant.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


This is a criminal matter in which the district court has certified an issue as important and doubtful pursuant to Minn.R.Crim.P. 29.02, subd. 4 (1980). Since the state was the losing party in the district court and since it was the party that sought and obtained certification, the state had the responsibility of filing an appellant's brief. The state should have filed an appellant's brief within at least 60 days after delivery of the transcript. Minn.R.Crim.P. 29.01, subd. 2; Minn.R.Civ.App.P. 131.01. However, the state's brief was not filed until long after the time period for filing had expired. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal, thereby letting stand the trial court's order, which was favorable to defendant.

Normally we set an expedited briefing schedule in criminal cases involving certified questions; if that had been done, the state's time to file a brief would have been even less.

Appeal dismissed.


Summaries of

State v. Duncan

Supreme Court of Minnesota
Mar 5, 1982
316 N.W.2d 518 (Minn. 1982)
Case details for

State v. Duncan

Case Details

Full title:STATE of Minnesota, Plaintiff, v. Terrance Jay DUNCAN, Defendant

Court:Supreme Court of Minnesota

Date published: Mar 5, 1982

Citations

316 N.W.2d 518 (Minn. 1982)