# Bernhardt v. State

> Supreme Court of Minnesota · August 5, 2004 · 684 N.W.2d 465

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9719018

## Case

- **Full name:** Salem Mathew BERNHARDT, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Minnesota
- **Decided:** August 5, 2004
- **Citations:** 684 N.W.2d 465; 2004 Minn. LEXIS 480; 2004 WL 1748977
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Page
- **Judges:** Blatz, Gilbert, Anderson, Paul
- **Cited by:** 265 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Yellow flag:** Declined to follow by State v. Kalmio, 2014 N.D. LEXIS 103 (2014).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 1
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9719018

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting an appellate court will not disturb the verdict “if the jury, acting with due regard for the presumption of innocence and for the necessity of overcoming it by proof beyond a reasonable doubt, could reasonably conclude that defendant was proven guilty of the offense cha…
- explaining that circumstantial evidence is not based on personal knowledge or observation

## Opinion text

PAGE, Justice,
(concurring in part, dissenting in part).
I join in the concurrence and dissent of Justice Gilbert.

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