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CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS v. WENTWORTH

No. 46046.

269 N.W.2d 882 (1978)

CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, Respondent, v. Charles P. WENTWORTH, Relator.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 11, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Faricy, St. Paul, for relator.

J. Walter Duffy, Jr., City Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard before PETERSON, SCOTT and WAHL, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

WAHL, Justice.

Relator Charles P. Wentworth seeks review by writ of certiorari1 of the May 6, 1975 judgment of Hennepin County Municipal Court, finding him guilty of 172 separate petty misdemeanors (parking violations) at a total imposed fine of $4,300. In view of the circumstances of the case and the severity of the fine, we find that Wentworth should have been advised of his right to retain private counsel, and accordingly reverse for...

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