State v. Waukazo

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Appellant Martin Waukazo was convicted of second-degree assault and first-degree criminal sexual conduct in violation of Minn.Stat. §§ 609.222 and 609.342 (1984). He contends that the trial court committed reversible error in allowing Spreigl evidence of prior domestic violence between him and the complainant, his wife. Wauka-zo also contends that testimony regarding a statement he made to a police officer after receiving Miranda warnings was admitted in violation of his constitutional rights of due process and the privilege against self-incrimination. Waukazo further…