# State v. Koppi

> Supreme Court of Minnesota · June 8, 2011 · 798 N.W.2d 358

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8245616

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Minnesota v. John Allen KOPPI
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Minnesota
- **Decided:** June 8, 2011
- **Citations:** 798 N.W.2d 358; 2011 Minn. LEXIS 313; 2011 WL 2200762
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Gildea
- **Judges:** Dietzen, Gildea, Stras
- **Cited by:** 92 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

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- stating that the reasonableness of an officer’s actions in a probable-cause analysis is “an objective inquiry” and the “actual, subjective beliefs of the officer are not the focus in evaluating reasonableness” (quotation omitted)
- stating that appellate courts “must evaluate the evidence presented at trial to determine whether the instructional error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt”

## Opinion text

GILDEA, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
I join in the dissent of Justice Dietzen.

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