Legal Opinion

State v. Sullivan

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided January 8, 1985No. CX-84-807PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LESLIE, Judge.

Appellant John Sullivan appeals from a conviction of first-degree intrafamilial sexual abuse in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.-3641 (1982) for sexually penetrating his four-year-old son. He contends the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction and that the trial court erred in admitting a videotaped police interview of the child, in excluding polygraph and voice stress test results, and in refusing his request to have the child examined by a psychiatrist. We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant was charged with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse in June 1983. In September…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. MerrillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
  2. United States v. Louis K. BohrCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  3. State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
  4. State v. ShotleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
  5. United States v. Richard GordonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. R.W.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1986
  2. Sabag v. Continental South DakotaSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  3. John Patrick Sullivan v. State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
  4. State v. CainCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1988
  5. State v. FolleyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1985

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