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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A10-645 State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Wanda May Burdick, Appellant. Filed March 15, 2011 Reversed and remanded Minge, Judge Anoka County District Court File No. 02-CR-09-5978 Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Dawn Speltz, Assistant Spring Lake Park City Attorney, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota (for respondent) David W. Merchant, Chief Appellate Public Defender, St. Paul, Minnesota (for appellant) Considered and decided by Minge, Presiding Judge; Kalitowski, Judge; and Huspeni, Judge.* SYLLABUS A conviction based upon a stipulation pursuant to Minn. R. Crim. P. 26.01, subd. 4, is invalid if the parties fail to acknowledge, and the record does not indicate, that the preserved pretrial ruling is dispositive of the case or, if reversed on appeal, would make a contested trial unnecessary.

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Retired judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, serving by appointment pursuant to Minn. Const. art. VI,

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