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    Minnesota supreme court just ruled rape is legal

    As long as the victim willingly got intoxicated. I don't know how this could happen. Even just practically, while establishing consent is a complicated thing legally, establishing someone 'willingly' became intoxicated if someone else makes their drinks or hands them drinks seems thorny at best. Someone could willingly have one drink or two, but establishing that anyone willingly got pass out rape me drunk seems ridiculous.

    I would absolutely hope there are plummeting matriculation levels to all higher education in the state.

    I want to fucking tar and feather the people who voted for this. I know they aren't legally liable, but morally, they are absolutely complicit in rape.
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    Saw that earlier and have no idea how it happened. The court even is a majority female. One of the worst rulings I have seen in a while.

    https://www.mncourts.gov/supremecourt.aspx

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    But clubbing someone over the head and then raping them is still illegal?

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    Minnesota supreme court just ruled rape is legal

    Blame the state legislature not the court.

    The thread title should be changed because it’s misleading and not at all accurate.


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    MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT JUST RULED RAPE IS LEGAL
    No it didn't.


    Being intentionally misleading takes away your credibility. Be better; this tactic is what I expect from the OANs and Newsmaxs of the world.

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    Some where Bill Cosby is POed and wants a new trial.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn View Post
    Blame the state legislature not the court.

    The thread title should be changed because it’s misleading and not at all accurate.


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    It is hyperbolic..... as i do admit supreme court are not supposed to legislate from the bench and this is then doing their job to highlight that the state legislature needs to change the law.

    but still fuck man fuck like you cant do that you just cant. This was that outlier 'what if' situation in which you absofuckinglutly should legislate from the bench. You cannot set that legal precedent you can't do that morally.
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    In other news, Leroy still doesn't understand what happened here. The gist of it is that the prosecutor simply charged under the wrong law. If he would have charged under the correct law, the defendant still would have been found guilty of rape.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RootSkier View Post
    In other news, Leroy still doesn't understand what happened here. The gist of it is that the prosecutor simply charged under the wrong law. If he would have charged under the correct law, the defendant still would have been found guilty of rape.
    I don't understand. That is why I posted this thread. Theres a lot in the world I do not understand and that is ok, but I like to learn. I a willing to believe what you said could be true, but still don't see how it excuses this.
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    Leroy--if you read post #4 and still don't understand then there's nothing anyone else can say that will help you. And how can you say courts aren't supposed to legislate and then say that in this case they should do exactly that? This is not some rare outlier--women have been getting themselves drunk and then raped forever; it will keep happening and the rapists will keep getting off until the MN legislature changes the law, which is likely going to happen soon. Just as soon as they get done fixing whatever law it is that is going to let Derek Chauvin walk free.

    Now be a good boy and delete the thread and if you think you just have to comment on the case, rewrite it.

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    Wtf is up with deleting threads these days?

    It’s a legit gripe. Yes blame belongs to the legislature not the court.

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    The thing I didn't understand about this case was why they had to bring drunkenness into it at all to make a rape case. You can't just go up to an unconscious person and start having sex with them. She woke up and told him to stop. Both those things would seem sufficient to bring rape charges. It's not as if anyone has ever suggested that you can be too drunk to not consent.

    I wonder if the DA just messed up in choosing what charges to bring or there was a reason for using the charge contingent on drunkenness.

    And lawyer mags: if a DA brings the incorrect charge and the case is remanded on appeal for something like incorrect jury instructions, is the new trial limited to the original charges?

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    If this ruling doesn't piss you off, you have no soul or morals. Beyond fuct

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    Quote Originally Posted by MarcusBrody View Post
    I wonder if the DA just messed up in choosing what charges to bring or there was a reason for using the charge contingent on drunkenness.

    And lawyer mags: if a DA brings the incorrect charge and the case is remanded on appeal for something like incorrect jury instructions, is the new trial limited to the original charges?
    1. That's right. Most prosecutors are total fuckin' chumps and zealously overcharge and over-prosecute. I know one who had a total hard on for charging nonviolent drug offenses but would then sit around the campground smoking weed all weekend. Whatadouche.

    2. He was convicted based on both an improper charge/instruction so basically it is like the trial never happened and they start over. I don't see why they wouldn't be able to change the charges during the retrial.

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    Judge missed the mark. From what I can quickly gather from the case, the girl was passed out, asleep. That sounds like that qualifies under Subd. 9 as physically helpless, not mentally incapacitated Subd 7

    https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.341

    Subd. 7.Mentally incapacitated. "Mentally incapacitated" means that a person under the influence of alcohol, a narcotic, anesthetic, or any other substance, administered to that person without the person's agreement, lacks the judgment to give a reasoned consent to sexual contact or sexual penetration.

    Subd. 9.Physically helpless. "Physically helpless" means that a person is (a) asleep or not conscious, (b) unable to withhold consent or to withdraw consent because of a physical condition, or (c) unable to communicate nonconsent and the condition is known or reasonably should have been known to the actor.
    I'm no lawyer, but there's either more to the case here, or I should open up my own law practice and be better than the prosecution here. These definitions are right next to each other and a dumbass like me can find it within a 30 second google search.

    Bad job by the judge and prosecution, worse job by the legislature for writing this shitty law.
    I've concluded that DJSapp was never DJSapp, and Not DJSapp is also not DJSapp, so that means he's telling the truth now and he was lying before.

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    trayvon martin and the malheur takeover being another two examples of people getting away with something they never should have because prosecutors chose to charge them incorrectly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leroy jenkins View Post
    It is hyperbolic.....
    Sidney Powell is claiming the same thing. that's no excuse for being a liar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DJSapp View Post
    Judge missed the mark. From what I can quickly gather from the case, the girl was passed out, asleep. That sounds like that qualifies under Subd. 9 as physically helpless, not mentally incapacitated Subd 7



    I'm no lawyer, but there's either more to the case here, or I should open up my own law practice and be better than the prosecution here. These definitions are right next to each other and a dumbass like me can find it within a 30 second google search.

    Bad job by the judge and prosecution, worse job by the legislature for writing this shitty law.
    The problem is that the jury instruction was that she was "mentally incapacitated" under (7). That statute says:

    Subd. 7.Mentally incapacitated. "Mentally incapacitated" means that a person under the influence of alcohol, a narcotic, anesthetic, or any other substance, administered to that person without the person's agreement, lacks the judgment to give a reasoned consent to sexual contact or sexual penetration.

    Any half-brained lawyer can tell you this entire subsection requires that the alcohol, narcotic, or any other substance be "administered to that person without the person's agreement." Nothing in this subsection even HINTS that voluntary intoxication would apply to a charge under it.

    tl;dr The court got it right, the legislature is the one that needs to get its house in order.

    Here is the whole opinion. I would suggest you read it if you are outraged: https://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov...281-032421.pdf

    This thread title is the most misleading one I've seen in some time, but it squares with the overall reporting about this (incredibly fucked up) case.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Timberridge View Post
    But clubbing someone over the head and then raping them is still illegal?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RootSkier View Post
    The problem is that the jury instruction was that she was "mentally incapacitated" under (7). That statute says:

    Subd. 7.Mentally incapacitated. "Mentally incapacitated" means that a person under the influence of alcohol, a narcotic, anesthetic, or any other substance, administered to that person without the person's agreement, lacks the judgment to give a reasoned consent to sexual contact or sexual penetration.

    Any half-brained lawyer can tell you this entire subsection requires that the alcohol, narcotic, or any other substance be "administered to that person without the person's agreement." Nothing in this subsection even HINTS that voluntary intoxication would apply to a charge under it.

    tl;dr The court got it right, the legislature is the one that needs to get its house in order.

    Here is the whole opinion. I would suggest you read it if you are outraged: https://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov...281-032421.pdf

    This thread is the most misleading one I've seen in some time, but it squares with the overall reporting about this (incredibly fucked up) case.
    Quote Originally Posted by leroy jenkins View Post
    I don't understand. That is why I posted this thread. Theres a lot in the world I do not understand and that is ok, but I like to learn. I a willing to believe what you said could be true, but still don't see how it excuses this.
    To help you along here Leroy:

    1. Mn did define law here that is intending to say if someone willingly gets drunk and then positively consent, they can't use drunkenness solely as a defense. I.E. if a girl has alcohol that she drank herself, it isn't a magical retroactive defense that mean she can consent at the time and then two weeks later say she was drunk and her consent was therefore invalid even though she said yes. If this was the case, any sane dude would never, ever have sex with a woman after they had a single drink because of this magical retroactive legal defense. Now if that drink is drugged without her knowledge, that is a valid defense.

    2. The case says she was passed out on the couch and woke up while being raped, and then said no (unclear if he stopped after consent was revoked). Subd. 9 of the statue says raping someone who is physically helpless (i.e. asleep) is a crime. Dude was charged under Subd. 7 implying she was just intoxicated. There is likely more to the story here, either that she wasn't actually asleep or the D.A. is a fucking idiot and missed a slam dunk here under Subd 9. Why he wasn't brought up on charges under both sections is the real question. Why didn't the D.A. go after the case that she was passed out, asleep and helpless?

    From the case brief, it sure as hell sounds like a rape. From the legal side of it, someone screwed this up. Why wouldn't the judge mention to the D.A. that this is a Subd. 9 issue? Why would the legislature have such a narrow definition under Subd 9 of physically helpless?

    And there is a grey area with the Subd. 7 issue. There is a difference inbetween being slightly drunk and blacked out on your feet that the Mn. statue doesn't address. People can be blacked out which would is essentially 'physically helpless', but doesn't meet that standard under the Mn. definition, but subd. 7 doesn't allow for someone to get to a physically helpless state on their own. The judge would be correct here to blast the legislature for not addressing this. There is a flip side argument here for the example I put up first of the one drink defense.
    I've concluded that DJSapp was never DJSapp, and Not DJSapp is also not DJSapp, so that means he's telling the truth now and he was lying before.

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    Well since I only read thread titles and then barely peruse the thread comments I’m assuming I can rape chicks In Minnesota now.

    Thanks for the notice OP.

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    Is there any mention of sec.9 by the Court? If there is I didn’t see it. Did the Complaint need to include a count for violating sec. 9. I haven’t read the statute, but I think DJSapp makes a great point. At the very least in dicta the Supreme Court should have mentioned that a cause of action should have been brought under section 9.

    Lastly if Minnesota requires that the original pleading contain a specific subsection of a statute and that did not happen here, I’m sure that the prosecutors E and O provider, Whether it be the county or a private ensure, has been placed on notice
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    Quote Originally Posted by schindlerpiste View Post
    Is there any mention of sec.9 by the Court? If there is I didn’t see it. Did the Complaint need to include a count for violating sec. 9. I haven’t read the statute, but I think DJSapp makes a great point. At the very least in dicta the Supreme Court should have mentioned that a cause of action should have been brought under section 9.

    Lastly if Minnesota requires that the original pleading contain a specific subsection of a statute and that did not happen here, I’m sure that the prosecutors E and O provider, Whether it be the county or a private ensure, has been placed on notice
    Yeah, it's addressed. I only skimmed the actual Court decision that RootSkier posted but it's worth doing.

    The decision seems to be based more on the fact that the jury was given instructions that the court found to be an incorrect interpretation of the law.

    Relevant quote:

    While the jury may have relied on a physical helplessness theory regardless of the district court’s erroneous instruction as to the definition of mentally incapacitated, we do not know whether it did so. Thus, because we cannot conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that the district court’s erroneous jury instructions were harmless, Khalil is entitled to a new trial.

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    What a weird legal shitshow. Since when does it matter if someone is drunk or not? If you put something in someone without consent then it's rape. End of story.
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