STATE v. BRANDES

No. A09-1262.

781 N.W.2d 603 (2010)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Lonnie Donald BRANDES, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

May 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, and Michael K. Riley, Sr., Nicollet County Attorney, Michelle M. Zehnder Fischer, Assistant County Attorney, St. Peter, MN, for respondent.

David W. Merchant, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Roy G. Spurbeck, Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by HALBROOKS, Presiding Judge; LANSING, Judge; and SCHELLHAS, Judge.


OPINION

HALBROOKS, Judge.

Appellant challenges a jury verdict convicting him of interference with an emergency call. Appellant argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, specifically contending that the state failed to prove that an emergency existed at the time the call was attempted. Because we conclude that the element of an "emergency" does not require the state to prove the existence of threats of violence, violence, or an...

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