STATE OF MINNESOTA
IN COURT OF APPEALS
A14-1408
State of Minnesota,
Respondent,
vs.
Timothy Robert Turner,
Appellant.
Filed May 26, 2015
Reversed
Reilly, Judge
Isanti County District Court
File No. 30-CR-13-657
Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and
Jeffrey R. Edblad, Isanti County Attorney, Deanna N. Natoli, Assistant County Attorney,
Cambridge, Minnesota (for respondent)
John Arechigo, Arechigo & Stokka, LLP, St. Paul, Minnesota (for appellant)
Erick G. Kaardal, Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and
Eugene Volokh, (pro hac vice), UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California (for
amicus curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Considered and decided by Reilly, Presiding Judge; Cleary, Chief Judge; and
Ross, Judge.
SYLLABUS
Minnesota Statutes section 609.765 (2012), which criminalizes defamation, is
unconstitutionally overbroad.