STATE v. KEEZER

No. 48590.

292 N.W.2d 714 (1980)

STATE of Minnesota, petitioner, Appellant, v. Everett F. KEEZER and Wallace James Kier, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., C. Paul Faraci, Deputy Atty. Gen., James M. Schoessler, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Robert W. Johnson, County Atty., and Robert H. Scott, Asst. County Atty., Anoka, for appellant.

Smith, Juster-Feikema and Allen H. Gibas, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


KELLY, Justice.

On August 30, 1972, Everett F. Keezer and Wallace James Kier, both Chippewa Indians, were cited by a state conservation officer for harvesting wild rice in Neds Lake, Anoka County, Minnesota, without a license.1 Subsequently, they were tried and convicted in the County Court of Anoka, and fined $25 each.

Defendants appealed to the Tenth Judicial District Court, and their appeal was heard before a three-judge panel...

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