Case Name: In the Matter of the WELFARE of S. R.
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1980-02-15
Citations: 289 N.W.2d 495
Docket Number: No. 49968
Parties: In the Matter of the WELFARE of S. R.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 289
Pages: 495–496

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the WELFARE of S. R.
No. 49968.
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Feb. 15, 1980.
William R. Kennedy, County Public Defender, Gary S. McGlennen and Patrick J. Sullivan, Asst., Public Defenders, Minneapolis, for appellant.
Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas L. Johnson, County Atty., Vernon E. Bergstrom, Chief, Appellate Section, David W. Larson, and Thomas A. Weist and Janeen E. Rosas, Asst. County Attys., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Opinion:
SHERAN, Chief Justice.
This is a predispositional appeal by a juvenile pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 260.291 (1978) from an order of the Juvenile Division of the Hennepin County District Court finding that appellant, age 14, committed a delinquent act, specifically, criminal sexual conduct in the second degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.343(c) (1978). Appellant in his brief, while conceding that the evidence was sufficient on the issue of identity, argues that the finding that he committed second-degree criminal sexual conduct is not supported by the evidence; he also contends that there was insufficient evidence to support a finding that he committed the lesser offense of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, Minn.Stat. § 609.345 (1978). While we agree with appellant that the evidence was insufficient to establish that he committed an act of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree, we disagree with his contention that there was insufficient evidence to support a finding that he committed fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. We therefore modify the district court's order and reduce the finding to criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree.
Order modified.