Legal Opinion
Rairdon v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 12, 1996No. C8-95-2552PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GARDEBRING, Justice.
In 1986, appellant John Albert Rairdon pleaded guilty to first- and second-degree intrafamilial sexual abuse, Minn.Stat. §§ 609.3641, subd. l(2)(e), 609.3642, subd. l(2)(e) (1984), and was subsequently convicted of first- and second-degree murder, id. §§ 609.185(2), 609.19(1). Rairdon now seeks postconviction relief in two forms: reversal of his murder convictions and remand for a new trial, and reduction of his intrafamilial sexual abuse sentences. He argues that his murder convictions were tainted by prosecu-torial misconduct and by exclusion of evidence that he…
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