TAPIA v. LESLIE

A19-0627.

950 N.W.2d 59 (2020)

Benjamin L. TAPIA, Appellant, v. Dakota County Sheriff, Tim LESLIE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: October 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven K. Budke , Leverson Budke, P.A., Eagan, Minnesota, for appellant.

James C. Backstrom , Dakota County Attorney, Helen R. Brosnahan , Assistant Dakota County Attorney, Hastings, Minnesota, for respondent.


OPINION

The question in this case is whether appellant Benjamin Tapia, who was adjudicated delinquent for theft of a motor vehicle in 1998, is eligible to possess a firearm because the Legislature in 2014 removed that offense from the definition of "crime of violence" in Minn. Stat. § 624.712, subd. 5 (2018...

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