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STATE v. GONZALES

No. C8-91-1991.

483 N.W.2d 736 (1992)

STATE of Minnesota, Plaintiff, v. Andrew Costilla GONZALES, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied June 10, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Paul R. Kempainen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jane A. McPeak, St. Paul City Atty., Peter W. Warner, Asst. City Atty., Darrell C. Hill, Asst. Ramsey County Atty., St. Paul, for plaintiff.

Stephen W. Cooper, Cooper and Orth, St. Paul, for defendant.

Considered and decided by FORSBERG, P.J., and KLAPHAKE and DAVIES, JJ.

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge.

St. Paul Ordinance 279 (1990), requires the forfeiture of motor vehicles driven by the customers of prostitutes. The trial court found the ordinance valid and constitutional, but certified as important and doubtful the following question:

Is Section 279 of the St. Paul Legislative Code constitutional?

We answer the certified question in the negative.

FACTS

Defendant Andrew Gonzales was arrested...

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