State v. Bettin

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of aggravated rape, Minn. St. 609.291, and was sentenced to a maximum indeterminate term of 30 years’ imprisonment. After careful consideration of the issues raised by defendant on this appeal from judgment of conviction, we affirm.

Defendant’s first contention, that the trial court erred in admitting hearsay declarations of the victim as to who raped her is governed by this court’s decision in State v. Lasley, 306 Minn. 224, 236 N. W. 2d 604 (1975), where we held that it is always permissible for the state to show that the victim…