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STATE v. JACOBSON

No. A03-1782.

697 N.W.2d 610 (2005)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Richard Joseph JACOBSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 9, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Hatch, Minnesota Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, James C. Backstrom, Dakota County Attorney, Phillip D. Prokopowicz, Chief Deputy, Hastings, MN, for Appellant.

Joseph S. Friedberg, Lisa Lodin Peralta, Minneapolis, MN, for Respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

BLATZ, Chief Justice.

This case comes to us on appeal from questions certified to the Minnesota Court of Appeals from the Dakota County District Court regarding two mistake of law defenses—reliance on advice of counsel and reliance on an official interpretation of the law. Respondent, Richard Joseph Jacobson, was charged with conspiracy to procure unlawful voting and conspiracy to commit forgery. At a pretrial hearing, the state brought a...

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