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STATE v. CRAWLEY

No. A09-1795.

819 N.W.2d 94 (2012)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Melissa Jean CRAWLEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 8, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Karin L. Sonneman , Winona County Attorney, Stephanie E. Nuttall , Assistant Winona County Attorney, Winona, MN, for appellant.

John M. Stuart , Minnesota State Public Defender, St. Paul, MN; and Scott M. Flaherty , Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, John S. Garry , Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Attorney General.

Cort C. Holten , Jeffrey D. Bores , Chestnut Cambronne PA, Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association.

Teresa Nelson , American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; and Sarah Riskin , Nadege J. Souvenir , Rachel Bowe , Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union.

OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

The question presented here is whether a Minnesota statute that prohibits knowingly false reports of police misconduct violates the First Amendment because it allows the State to punish some people, but not others, depending on the viewpoint expressed about the police. A jury found Melissa Jean Crawley guilty of violating the challenged law, Minn.Stat. § 609.505, subd. 2 (2010), based on the fact that she informed...

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