Minnesota Statutes
Minn. Stat. § 609.085 (2026)
Sending Written Communication
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Subdivision 1.Definition of offense.
When the sending of a letter or other written communication is made an offense, the offense is complete upon deposit of the letter or communication in any official depository of mail or given to another for the purpose of delivery to the receiver.
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Subd. 2.Venue.
The offense is committed in both the county in which the letter is so deposited or given and the county in which it is received by the person for whom it is intended.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1985–2014 · leading case: State of Minnesota v. Don Antoine Jones, 848 N.W.2d 528 (Minn. 2014).
State of Minnesota v. Don Antoine Jones, 848 N.W.2d 528 (Minn. 2014). “Shevchuk, we concluded that the crimes of assault, robbery, and unauthorized use of a motor *534 vehicle, which were committed over a period of about two and one-half hours, were not part of a single course of conduct under section 609.085. 282 Minn. 182 , 184-86, 163 N.”
State v. Watson, 829 N.W.2d 626 (Minn. Ct. App. 2013). “” (quotation omitted)). Minnesota Statutes section 609.085, subdivision 3, the felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm exception, provides: “Notwithstanding section 609.”
State v. Cruz-Ramirez, 771 N.W.2d 497 (Minn. 2009). “Minn.Stat. § 609.085 (2008). However, when multiple victims are involved, multiple and consecutive sentences are allowed.”
State v. Naylor, 474 N.W.2d 314 (Minn. 1991). “Conviction of Drug Offense Naylor asks this court to apply Minn.Stat. § 609.085 (1990) to vacate his conviction for the use of drugs to injure or facilitate the commission of a crime if we affirm his conviction for first degree murder.”
State v. Grose, 387 N.W.2d 182 (Minn. Ct. App. 1986). “The trial court concluded that the allegations of suborning perjury were all one behavioral incident, because they allegedly occurred in the same place (Scott County Courthouse), during a continuous time period (one civil trial), with one criminal objective (assisting the…”
State v. Howard, 360 N.W.2d 637 (Minn. Ct. App. 1985). “This being so, Minn.Stat. § 609.085 (Supp.1983) bars Howard’s prosecution for public nuisance.”
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