State of Minnesota v. David Alan Williams
Syllabus
1. Under Minn. Stat. § 609.341, subd. 3 (2016), the infliction of bodily harm alone constitutes \force\ the factfinder need not find that the infliction of bodily harm caused a victim to submit to penetration to meet the statutory definition. 2. The exception to multiple convictions and sentences in Minn. Stat. § 609.035, subdivision 6, does not apply when the state charges alternative theories for committing a single act of criminal sexual conduct. Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.
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- describing “[a]ny interference with Beale’s possession of his luggage,” which was in the checked baggage area, as “de minimis”
- a sniff of luggage “located in a baggage area” where the defendant was not himself detained or even present
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