Minn. Stat. § 631.06: QUESTIONS OF LAW AND FACT; DECISION MAKING; COURT AND JURY.

In criminal trials, the court shall decide questions of law, except in cases of criminal defamation, and the jury shall decide questions of fact. The defendant may object to a decision of the court on a matter of law. Although the jury may return a general verdict including questions of law as well as fact, it shall receive as law the court's instructions.