State of Minnesota v. Larry Leo Geleneau, Jr.

OPINION

JOHNSON, Judge.

An Otter Tail County jury found Larry Leo Geleneau Jr. guilty of criminal sexual conduct based on evidence that he sexually abused a child for more than three years. On appeal, he argues that the district court erred by not dismissing two prospective jurors for cause sua sponte. He also argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel did not attempt to remove the two prospective jurors from the venire panel, either by asserting a challenge for cause or by exercising a peremptory strike. We conclude that appellate review of Gele-neau’s…