STATE v. JUDE

No. C5-96-509.

554 N.W.2d 750 (1996)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Thaddeus Victor JUDE, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

October 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Attorney General, Lee E. Sheehy, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Peter M. Ackerberg, Robert A. Stanich, Assistant Attorneys General, St. Paul, for Appellant.

Charles R. Shreffler, Jack E. Pierce, Shreffler Law Firm, P.A., Minneapolis, Roger J. Magnuson, Dorsey & Whitney L.L.P., Minneapolis, Harlan M. Goulett, Minneapolis, for Respondent.

Mark R. Anfinson, Minneapolis, for Amicus Curiae Minnesota Civil Liberties Union.

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


OPINION

SCHUMACHER, Judge.

This appeal is from a pretrial order dismissing an indictment charging respondent Thaddeus Victor Jude with the gross misdemeanor offense of disseminating false political campaign material in violation of Minn. Stat. § 211B.06 (1994). We affirm.

FACTS

Jude ran for the Sixth District Congressional seat in 1994 against William Luther. After the Jude campaign had issued several attacks on Luther's record on...

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