# State v. Brouillette

> Supreme Court of Minnesota · October 26, 1979 · 286 N.W.2d 702

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9519959

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Michael James BROUILLETTE, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Minnesota
- **Decided:** October 26, 1979
- **Citations:** 286 N.W.2d 702; 1979 Minn. LEXIS 1710
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Otis
- **Judges:** Scott, Otis, Rogosheske, Sheran, Wahl, Kennedy
- **Cited by:** 111 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- recognizing that a cautionary instruction “adequately protects [a] defendant against the possibility that the jury would convict him on the basis of his character rather than his guilt”
- stating that a person acts with "force” when he grabs the victim by the shoulders, grabs her buttocks and vaginal area, and the victim fears that "anything could happen”
- explaining that underlying reason for whole-person rationale is that it is important for jury to know what sort of person is asking to be believed
- discussing cautionary jury instruction that directs jury to consider defendant’s prior conviction only as it relates to defendant’s credibility

## Opinion text

OTIS, Justice
(dissenting).
I concur in the dissent of Justice WAHL.

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