IN RE WELFARE OF P.W.F.

No. C6-00-1254.

625 N.W.2d 152 (2001)

In the Matter of the WELFARE OF P.W.F., Child.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

April 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Timothy R. Faver, Beltrami County Attorney, Bemidji, MN; and John J. Muhar, Itasca County Attorney, Grand Rapids, MN, (for respondent).

Charlann Winking, Assistant State Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, (for appellant).

Considered and decided by PETERSON, Presiding Judge, SHUMAKER, Judge, and FOLEY, Judge.


OPINION

PETERSON, Judge

Appellant P.W.F., a juvenile, challenges a trial court order that concludes that he possessed a dangerous weapon on school property. Appellant argues that the three-inch-blade folding knife that he possessed was not designed as a weapon and, therefore, is not a "dangerous weapon." Because the state failed to submit evidence to show that the knife was designed as a weapon, we reverse.

FACTS

P.W.F., a high...

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