In Re Welfare of A.B.L.

OPINION

PARKER, Judge.

Two juveniles were adjudicated delinquent by a referee of the Ramsey County Juvenile Court based on charges of aggravated robbery. After a hearing to determine probable cause, other Rasmussen issues concerning purported identifications made by two witnesses were incorporated into the trial on the merits. The referee suppressed identifications made by the witnesses and found appellants guilty. Subsequently the court granted defendants’ motion for a new trial based upon the court’s improper consideration of the failure of the defendant to call a witness at trial. By…