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State v. Johnson

Citations

  • 327 N.W.2d 580
  • 1982 Minn. LEXIS 1894

How courts have described this case

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  • age of 12 year old victim cannot be used as aggravating factor where threshold age is 13
  • crime required victim under age 13; victim age 12, without more, not particularly vulnerable
  • legislature took the age of the victim of rape into account in determining the guidelines sentence and it would be unfair to consider the victim’s age again as a departure factor.
  • self-induced intoxication by chronic alcoholic constitutes voluntary, rather than involuntary, intoxication
  • wielded knife and threatened to kill the victim

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Judges: Otis, Yetka

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