{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-631.06","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 631.06","heading":"QUESTIONS OF LAW AND FACT; DECISION MAKING; COURT AND JURY.","body":"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.","path":["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; PEACE OFFICERS; PRIVACY OF COMMUNICATIONS","CHAPTER 631. CRIMINAL TRIAL; CONVICTION; SENTENCE","TRIAL"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/631.06","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:51Z","sha256":"ee6a1c39ba3ab539805b151e26fc457fe477399fdb58ccf65cfac92c1f785c68","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-631.05","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-631.07"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}