Supreme Court of Minnesota October 16, 1992, C9-91-2423 (State v. Carithers)

COYNE, Justice.

We granted review in this case to address a question certified to the court of appeals as important and doubtful:

When a married couple jointly acquires a Schedule I controlled substance, and one of the partners uses that substance and subsequently dies from a drug overdose, did the legislature intend that the surviving partner be subject to prosecution under Minn.Stat. § 609.