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IN RE LINEHAN

No. C1-95-2022.

544 N.W.2d 308 (1996)

In re the Matter of Dennis Darol LINEHAN.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted March 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisbeth J. Nudell, Minneapolis, Eric S. Janus, St. Paul, for appellant Linehan.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Attorney General, John L. Kirwin, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, for respondent State of Minnesota.

Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney, Mark Nathan Lystig, Assistant County Attorney, St. Paul, for respondent Ramsey County.

Daniel W. Homstad, Minneapolis, Kathleen Milner, Minneapolis, for amicus curiae Minnesota Civil Liberties Union.

Considered and decided by SHORT, P.J., RANDALL and PETERSON, JJ.

OPINION

SHORT, Judge.

On appeal from a judgment of commitment as a sexually dangerous person, Dennis D. Linehan argues: (1) the proof fell short, as a matter of law, of the statutory elements; and (2) the sexually dangerous persons statute is unconstitutional.

FACTS

While on parole from a state training school on July 25, 1956, Linehan took indecent liberties with a four-year-old girl. In February 1960, at the age of 19, Linehan engaged...

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