Legal Opinion
State v. Posten
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 30, 1981No. 50328PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCOTT, Justice.
Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of a charge of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.342(a) (1978) (sexual penetration of complainant under 13. years of age by actor who is more than 36 months older), and was sentenced by the trial court to a maximum prison term of 20 years. The two key issues raised by defendant on this appeal from judgment of conviction relate to evidentiary rulings by the trial court, one admitting testimony concerning a statement made by the complainant while she was having a bad dream, the other excluding…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Aide v. TaylorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1943
- State v. GardenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
- State v. ElliSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- Plummer v. RickerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1898
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3Cited by22 opinions
- State v. DanielsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- State v. ZimmermanIdaho Supreme Court · 1992
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
- State v. StevensCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1990
- State v. OrtleppSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
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