DEFINITIONS.
Known as the Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 609–609 (377 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case State v. Courchesne (2010)
Most recently applied in McCormack v. Hiedeman (September 2012)
1986 c 388 s 5; 2007 c 54 art 3 s 14; 2014 c 180 s 9; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 101
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The definitions in this section apply to sections 609.2114, subdivisions 1 and 2, and 609.2661 to 609.2691 :
(a) "Unborn child" means the unborn offspring of a human being conceived, but not yet born.
(b) "Whoever" does not include the pregnant woman.
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.