State v. Sailee

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.*

Appellant Gustry Sailee challenges his convictions of third-degree burglary, Minn. Stat. § 609.582, subd. 3 (2006), and first-degree criminal damage to property, Minn. Stat. § 609.595, subd. 1 (Supp.2007), arising from the burglary of a strip mall liquor *93store. Because the district court committed reversible error when it precluded appellant from testifying to implicate another perpetrator, we reverse and remand.

FACTS

Just after 1:00 a.m. on July 21, 2007, someone broke the window of an Inver Grove Heights liquor store and stole over $2,000 worth of liquor. Alerted by an…