Case Name: STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Moreene Esther WEBER, Respondent
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1981-12-15
Citations: 313 N.W.2d 387
Docket Number: No. 81-1053
Parties: STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Moreene Esther WEBER, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 313
Pages: 387–388

Head Matter:
STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Moreene Esther WEBER, Respondent.
No. 81-1053.
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Dec. 15, 1981.
Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Raymond O. Walz, County Atty., Redwood Falls, for appellant.
George I. Harrelson, Marshall, for respondent.

Opinion:
SHERAN, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal by the state pursuant to Minn.R.Crim.P. 29.03, subd. 1. The appeal is from an order of the district court which dismissed a prosecution of defendant for violating Minn.Stat. § 340.73, subd. 1 (1980) (sale of liquor to a person under 19 years of age) on the ground that she was entrapped by the police. The issue raised by the appeal is whether the trial court, acting as factfinder on the entrapment defense pursuant to an election made by defendant, erred in finding and concluding that defendant was entrapped. We dismiss the appeal because of the state's failure to comply with the time requirement of Minn.R.Crim.P. 29.03, subd. 2(5), for filing an appellant's brief. As stated in State v. Olson, 294 N.W.2d 320, 321 (Minn.1980), "[Generally we will dismiss the state's appeal in such a situation, absent special circumstances." See also State v. Schroeder, 292 N.W.2d 758 (Minn.1980).
Appeal dismissed.