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State v. Griffin

Citations

  • 336 N.W.2d 519
  • 1983 Minn. LEXIS 1245

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that the state met its burden of proof by providing the district court with “considerable documentation” of the defendant’s out-of-state conviction
  • observing that “the defendant’s attorney on appeal apparently does not really dispute the fact that defendant has a prior conviction”
  • authorizing warrantless entry into home to retrieve shoes and coat for barefoot arrestee where there was snow on the ground
  • rejecting the defendant’s argument that, “whenever the defendant wants to put the state to its burden of proving a prior conviction, the state must come forward with certified copies” as “an absolute requirement because . . . it is apparently difficult to get certified copies from some places”
  • trial court noted difficulty of obtaining any documents from Cook County, Illinois, particularly certified copies of documents

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