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STATE v. LaFORGE

No. C6-82-1576.

347 N.W.2d 247 (1984)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. John Michael LaFORGE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, Kathy King, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Norman B. Coleman, Jr., James B. Early, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas Keyes, Beltrami County Atty., Bemidji, for respondent.

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

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

The issues presented in this case arose out of a nonviolent, antinuclear war demonstration organized by defendant, John LaForge, at Bemidji State University on January 28, 1982. LaForge was arrested and charged with violations of Minn.Stat. § 624.72 (1982) (interference with the use of public property, a gross misdemeanor) and Minn.Stat. § 609.595 (1982) (criminal damage to property, a misdemeanor). After a Jens Olsen hearing...

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