STATE v. STONE

Nos. C9-96-1291 thru C3-96-1299.

557 N.W.2d 588 (1996)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Joshua Carl STONE (C9-96-1291), Cheryl Florine Graff (C0-96-1292), Kenneth Morgan Coleman, Jr. (C2-96-1293), Charles William Zornes (C4-96-1294), Simon Dean Zornes (C6-96-1295), Margaret Mary Myhre (C8-96-1296), Voncille Marie Alvarado (CX-96-1297), Wendy Sue Littlewolf (C1-96-1298), Jamie Lynn Sargent (C3-96-1299), Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted March 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General, St. Paul, for Appellant.

Eric O. Boe, Mahnomen County Attorney, John I. Allen, Assistant County Attorney, Mahnomen, for Appellant.

Peter W. Cannon, Mahnomen, for Respondents Graff, Coleman, Charles Zornes, Simon Zornes, Myhre and Alvarado.

Regina A. Larson, Hellerud & Larson, Ada, for Respondent Littlewolf.

Zenas Baer, Zenas Baer & Associates, Hawley, for Respondent Sargent.

Considered and decided by SCHUMACHER, P.J., TOUSSAINT, C.J., and THOREEN, J.


OPINION

SCHUMACHER, Judge.

In this consolidated case, the State of Minnesota appeals the district court's dismissal of charges involving traffic violations against nine respondents, who are enrolled members of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, White Earth Band. We affirm.

FACTS

Respondents were charged with violating various state traffic laws within the boundaries of the White Earth Indian Reservation. The violations were: (1) failure to provide...

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