WELFARE OF S. R. J. v. STATE

No. 50597.

293 N.W.2d 32 (1980)

In the Matter of the WELFARE of S. R. J., Respondent, v. STATE of Minnesota, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas Foley, County Atty., and Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for appellant.

Robert M. McClay, Murrin Metropolitan Legal Clinic, St. Paul, for respondent.

David W. Larson, Minnesota County Atty's Assn., Minneapolis, for amicus curiae.

Heard before KELLY, TODD, and WAHL, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


TODD, Justice.

Petitions for delinquency, based on a series of felonies, were filed against S. R. J. Following a hearing, probable cause was determined to exist. Prior to a reference hearing, a psychiatrist was appointed to examine the minor at his request. The state unsuccessfully sought to obtain an adverse psychiatric examination. At the reference hearing, the juvenile court dismissed the petition of the state to have...

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