STATE v. SKAPYAK

No. A05-765.

702 N.W.2d 331 (2005)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Jason Roy SKAPYAK, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied October 18, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN and James C. Backstrom, Dakota County Attorney, Debra E. Schmidt, Assistant County Attorney, Hastings, MN, for appellant.

Joseph Patrick Tamburino, Allan H. Caplan & Associates, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

Considered and decided by DIETZEN, Presiding Judge; STONEBURNER, Judge; and HUDSON, Judge.


OPINION

DIETZEN, Judge.

Appellant challenges the district court's pretrial order granting respondent's motion to use a mistake-of-age defense, arguing that the district court erred by holding that Minn.Stat. § 152.023, subd. 1(3) (2002), requires knowledge of the minor's age as an element of this controlled-substance offense. Because the statute does not require the state to prove that respondent had knowledge of the minor's age and because the state...

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