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STATE v. NELSON

No. C5-92-1490.

499 N.W.2d 512 (1993)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Tammie NELSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied June 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Martin J. Costello, Hughes & Costello, St. Paul, for respondent.

Tammie Nelson, pro se.

Considered and decided by ANDERSON, P.J., and SCHUMACHER and HARTEN, JJ.

OPINION

SCHUMACHER, Judge.

Tammie Nelson appeals her conviction under a Maplewood zoning ordinance, arguing that her pet rooster is not livestock prohibited by the ordinance. We reverse.

FACTS

Nelson keeps Jerry, an eight-year-old adult rooster, at her Maplewood residence as a pet. Jerry is housed in a cage in Nelson's yard and is prone to herald the breaking of dawn each day with a resounding cock-a-doodle-doo. The city alleges that neighbors...

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