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State v. Austin

Citations

  • 788 N.W.2d 788
  • 2010 Minn. App. LEXIS 147
  • 2010 WL 3744315

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that sexual intent is an act “based on sexual desire or in pursuit of sexual gratification” and “typically must be inferred from the nature of the conduct itself”
  • requiring state to show that defendant acted with sexual or aggressive intent and that defendant’s act involved intentional touching of intimate parts
  • applying the doctrine to mistaken identity facts and finding “[t]he doctrine applies when a defendant claims that ‘bad aim’ or a mistaken identity resulted in the crime affecting a victim other than the intended victim”
  • “[A] showing of sexual intent does not require direct evidence of 4 the defendant’s desires or gratification because a subjective sexual intent typically must be inferred from the nature of the conduct itself.”

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Judges: Toussaint, Wright, Muehlberg

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