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STATE v. PIERCE

No. A09-2210.

792 N.W.2d 83 (2010)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Douglas Paul PIERCE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

December 7, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Michael O. Freeman , Hennepin County Attorney, Thomas A. Weist , Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

David W. Merchant , Chief Appellate Public Defender, Benjamin J. Butler , Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by JOHNSON, Chief Judge; ROSS, Judge; and CRIPPEN, Judge.

OPINION

ROSS, Judge.

This appeal requires us to decide whether Hennepin County was the proper venue for the state to prosecute Douglas Pierce for violating an order for protection by sending a message electronically to his former girlfriend. The state charged Pierce in Hennepin County with violating the Domestic Abuse Act, Minn.Stat. § 518B (2008), and the district court found him guilty after a bench trial. We hold that venue under the act is appropriate...

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