State v. Axford

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree for sexually abusing his granddaughter over an extended period of time. Minn.Stat. § 609.342, subd. l(h)(v) (1986). The court of appeals granted defendant a new trial on the ground that the trial court prejudicially erred in admitting evidence that defendant’s son, the victim’s father, was also sexually abusing the victim during part of the same time period. State v. Axford, 409 N.W.2d 893 (Minn.App.1987). We reverse the decision of the court of appeals…