STATE OF MINNESOTA

IN COURT OF APPEALS

A06-2342

State of Minnesota,

Plaintiff,

vs.

Matthew Raymond Smoot,

Defendant.

Filed September 4, 2007

Certified question answered in the affirmative

Lansing, Judge

Crow Wing County District Court

File No. K1-05-1696

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, 1800 Bremer Tower, 445 Minnesota Street, St. Paul, MN 55101; and

Donald F. Ryan, Crow Wing County Attorney, Kristine R. DeMay, Assistant County Attorney, Suite 31, 213 Laurel Street, Brainerd, MN 56401 (for plaintiff)

R. Daniel Rasmus, Christensen, Laue & Rasmus, Suite 400, 5101 Vernon Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55436; and

Eric L. Newmark, Birrell & Newmark, Ltd., Suite 2270, 333 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402 (for defendant)