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STATE v. GWARA

No. 46678.

247 N.W.2d 417 (1976)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. William A. GWARA, a.k.a. Billy Anderson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 12, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scanlan & Carlson and John J. Scanlan, St. Paul, for appellant.

Pierre N. Regnier, City Atty., Thomas R. Hughes, Asst. City Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.

SCOTT, Justice.

This case is before the court on a discretionary pretrial appeal by defendant, William A. Gwara, from an order of the Ramsey County Municipal Court denying a motion to dismiss a pending prosecution of defendant for a misdemeanor charge of indecent exposure, Minn.St. 617.23.1 Reversing the order, we hold that the double jeopardy clause of the United States Constitution bars defendant's pending trial.

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