State of Minnesota v. Frederick Henry Heidmann

Syllabus

Nisswa mayor Frederick Heidmann approached and began arguing with police officers as they engaged with the occupants of a car they had stopped on a busy highway near Nisswa. Heidmann appeals from his consequent conviction of disorderly conduct, arguing that the conviction violates his First Amendment right to free speech, that the evidence does not support the guilty verdict, and that the district court improperly instructed the jury. Because the evidence of Heidmann's conduct, which is not protected by the First Amendment, sufficiently supports the verdict, and because the district court acted within its discretion by refusing to include Heidmann's requested jury instruction, we affirm.