STATE v. JORGENSON

A19-0323.

946 N.W.2d 596 (2020)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. John Joseph JORGENSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: July 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Mark A. Ostrem , Olmsted County Attorney, Jennifer D. Plante , Assistant County Attorney, Rochester, Minnesota, for appellant.

David L. Liebow , James A. Godwin , Godwin Dold , Rochester, Minnesota, for respondent.

Travis J. Smith , Murray County Attorney, Slayton, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota County Attorneys Association.


OPINION

We are asked to decide whether a subdivision of the Minnesota criminal coercion statute, Minnesota Statutes § 609.27 (2018), is unconstitutional on its face under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The district court and the court of appeals held that subdivision 1(4) was unconstitutionally...

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